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... a whole community . Nobody would be so unprincipled as to think of such a thing as having their services more than a week or two at : most . Your country factotum knows better than anybody else 20 THE PEARL OF ORR'S ISLAND .
... a whole community . Nobody would be so unprincipled as to think of such a thing as having their services more than a week or two at : most . Your country factotum knows better than anybody else 20 THE PEARL OF ORR'S ISLAND .
Page 32
... better than any one else , could perceive the variations and discrepancies of text which showed their mythical character , and oftentimes her black eyes would snap and her knitting- needles rattle with an admonitory vigor as he went on ...
... better than any one else , could perceive the variations and discrepancies of text which showed their mythical character , and oftentimes her black eyes would snap and her knitting- needles rattle with an admonitory vigor as he went on ...
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... better - lookin ' corpse . That ar woman was a sight to behold this morning . I guess I shook a double handful of stones and them little shells out of her hair , - now she reely looks beautiful . Captain Kit- tridge has made a coffin ...
... better - lookin ' corpse . That ar woman was a sight to behold this morning . I guess I shook a double handful of stones and them little shells out of her hair , - now she reely looks beautiful . Captain Kit- tridge has made a coffin ...
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... better be a - searchin ' your own heart , here it is the eleventh hour , and you ha ' n't come into the Lord's vineyard yet . " " Oh ! come , come , Mis ' Kittridge , don't twit a feller afore folks , " said the Captain . " I'm goin ...
... better be a - searchin ' your own heart , here it is the eleventh hour , and you ha ' n't come into the Lord's vineyard yet . " " Oh ! come , come , Mis ' Kittridge , don't twit a feller afore folks , " said the Captain . " I'm goin ...
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... better fun than to bring up that little shaver , " said Captain Kittridge ; " he's a bright un , I promise you . " " You , Cap'n Kittridge ! I wonder you can talk so , " said his wife . " It's an awful responsibility , and I wonder you ...
... better fun than to bring up that little shaver , " said Captain Kittridge ; " he's a bright un , I promise you . " " You , Cap'n Kittridge ! I wonder you can talk so , " said his wife . " It's an awful responsibility , and I wonder you ...
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