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Page 39
... jist sets this ' ere child crazy , " said Miss Roxy ; " it's jist her lonely way of livin ' ; a pity Mis ' Pennel hadn't another child to keep company along with her . " " Mis ' Pennel oughter be trainin ' of her up to work , " said Mrs ...
... jist sets this ' ere child crazy , " said Miss Roxy ; " it's jist her lonely way of livin ' ; a pity Mis ' Pennel hadn't another child to keep company along with her . " " Mis ' Pennel oughter be trainin ' of her up to work , " said Mrs ...
Page 43
... jist like a ship , and the closet - shelves had holes for the tumblers and dishes , and he had all his tables and chairs battened down , and so when it came a gale , they say the old Cap'n used to sit in his chair and hold on to hear ...
... jist like a ship , and the closet - shelves had holes for the tumblers and dishes , and he had all his tables and chairs battened down , and so when it came a gale , they say the old Cap'n used to sit in his chair and hold on to hear ...
Page 48
... jist as if somebody was a - sittin ' by it ; and you could stand across the room and see there wa ' n't nobody there . " " You make me all of a shiver , " said Mrs. Pennel . This , of course , was just what Miss Ruey intended , and she ...
... jist as if somebody was a - sittin ' by it ; and you could stand across the room and see there wa ' n't nobody there . " " You make me all of a shiver , " said Mrs. Pennel . This , of course , was just what Miss Ruey intended , and she ...
Page 49
... jist as true as you live , I jist saw a woman with a silk gown on , and long black hair a - hangin ' down , and her face was pale as a sheet , sittin ' rockin ' that ar cradle , and she looked round at me with her great black eyes kind ...
... jist as true as you live , I jist saw a woman with a silk gown on , and long black hair a - hangin ' down , and her face was pale as a sheet , sittin ' rockin ' that ar cradle , and she looked round at me with her great black eyes kind ...
Page 50
... jist between two and three in the mornin ' ; there was jist the least red streak of daylight , and I opened the window and sat there and sung , and when I come to ' over the hills where spices grow , ' I looked round and there was a ...
... jist between two and three in the mornin ' ; there was jist the least red streak of daylight , and I opened the window and sat there and sung , and when I come to ' over the hills where spices grow , ' I looked round and there was a ...
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The Pearl of Orr's Island: A Story of the Coast of Maine (Classic Reprint) Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe No preview available - 2015 |
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