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... kind that the natives call " lean- to , " or " linter , " - one of those large , comfortable structures , barren in the ideal , but rich in the practical , which the working - man of New England can always command . The waters of the ...
... kind that the natives call " lean- to , " or " linter , " - one of those large , comfortable structures , barren in the ideal , but rich in the practical , which the working - man of New England can always command . The waters of the ...
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... kind , and consequently were not gazing off to sea , but attending to very terrestrial matters that in all cases somebody must attend to . The afternoon was warm and balmy , but a few smouldering sticks were kept in the great chimney ...
... kind , and consequently were not gazing off to sea , but attending to very terrestrial matters that in all cases somebody must attend to . The afternoon was warm and balmy , but a few smouldering sticks were kept in the great chimney ...
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... kind of one you may see , reader , by looking at yourself in the convex side of a silver milk - pitcher . If you try the experiment , this de- scription will need no further amplification . The two almost always went together , for the ...
... kind of one you may see , reader , by looking at yourself in the convex side of a silver milk - pitcher . If you try the experiment , this de- scription will need no further amplification . The two almost always went together , for the ...
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... kind o ' providence that this ' ere little thing is left behind so ; and then their callin ' on her by such a strange , mournful kind of name , - Mara . I thought sure as could be ' t was Mary , till the minister read the passage from ...
... kind o ' providence that this ' ere little thing is left behind so ; and then their callin ' on her by such a strange , mournful kind of name , - Mara . I thought sure as could be ' t was Mary , till the minister read the passage from ...
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... kind o ' solitary as that poor old man did ! " " Well , " said Miss Roxy , " she was a master - hand for keepin ' things , Naomi was ; her drawers is just a sight ; she's got all the little presents and things they ever give her since ...
... kind o ' solitary as that poor old man did ! " " Well , " said Miss Roxy , " she was a master - hand for keepin ' things , Naomi was ; her drawers is just a sight ; she's got all the little presents and things they ever give her since ...
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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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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