The Pearl of Orr's Island: A Story of the Coast of Maine |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 46
Page 1
... dark eyebrows gave a striking and definite outline . Beneath , lay a pair of large black eyes , remarkable for tremulous expression of melancholy and timidity . The cheek was white and bloodless as a snowberry , though with the clear ...
... dark eyebrows gave a striking and definite outline . Beneath , lay a pair of large black eyes , remarkable for tremulous expression of melancholy and timidity . The cheek was white and bloodless as a snowberry , though with the clear ...
Page 2
... dark pyramids or white spires of velvet leaves , diversified the sandy way - side ; but out at sea was a wide sweep of blue , reaching far to the open ocean , which lay rolling , tossing , and breaking into white caps of foam in the ...
... dark pyramids or white spires of velvet leaves , diversified the sandy way - side ; but out at sea was a wide sweep of blue , reaching far to the open ocean , which lay rolling , tossing , and breaking into white caps of foam in the ...
Page 3
... dark rock , and fringes of golden rod above swayed with the brisk blowing wind that was driving the blue waters seaward , in face of the up - coming ocean tide , a conflict which caused them to rise in great foam - crested waves . There ...
... dark rock , and fringes of golden rod above swayed with the brisk blowing wind that was driving the blue waters seaward , in face of the up - coming ocean tide , a conflict which caused them to rise in great foam - crested waves . There ...
Page 5
... dark meadow , and sounds as of quick footsteps , and the flutter of brushing garments , might be heard . Something unusual is certainly going on within the dwell- ing of Zephaniah Pennel to - night . Let us enter the dark front - door ...
... dark meadow , and sounds as of quick footsteps , and the flutter of brushing garments , might be heard . Something unusual is certainly going on within the dwell- ing of Zephaniah Pennel to - night . Let us enter the dark front - door ...
Page 12
... dark - eyed child , exquisitely dressed in the best and brightest that the shops of a neighboring city could afford , - sitting like some tropical bird on a lonely rock , where the sea came dashing up into the edges of arbor vitæ , or ...
... dark - eyed child , exquisitely dressed in the best and brightest that the shops of a neighboring city could afford , - sitting like some tropical bird on a lonely rock , where the sea came dashing up into the edges of arbor vitæ , or ...
Other editions - View all
The Pearl of Orr's Island: A Story of the Coast of Maine (Classic Reprint) Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe No preview available - 2015 |
Common terms and phrases
arms Aunt Roxy Aunt Ruey beautiful better blue boat brother brown house Brunswick called Cap'n Kittridge Captain Kittridge cheeks child cove dark dear deep Dolores door dream eyes face father feel felt girl give goin gone hair hand happy Harpswell head heard heart jist kind Kittridge's knew laugh little Mara little Moses live looked Lord Mara's Middle Bay mind Miss Emily Miss Roxy Miss Ruey morning Moses Pennel mother nature never night nothin Orr's Island PEARL OF ORR'S poor pretty rock rose round sail Sally Kittridge Sally's schooner seemed Sewell shadows ship shore sister solemn sort soul spirit stood strange Sunday sure talk tell there's thought told took tridge voice walk wife woman words young Zephaniah Pennel