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... joyous holiday rig in which they had attired themselves that morning to go to their sisters , wives , and mothers . This is the first scene in our story . CHAPTER II . Down near the end of Orr's Island 4 THE PEARL OF ORR'S ISLAND .
... joyous holiday rig in which they had attired themselves that morning to go to their sisters , wives , and mothers . This is the first scene in our story . CHAPTER II . Down near the end of Orr's Island 4 THE PEARL OF ORR'S ISLAND .
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... morning had dressed himself gayly in his state - room to go on shore and meet his wife , — singing and jesting as he did so . This is all that you have to learn in the room below ; but as we stand there , we hear a trampling of feet in ...
... morning had dressed himself gayly in his state - room to go on shore and meet his wife , — singing and jesting as he did so . This is all that you have to learn in the room below ; but as we stand there , we hear a trampling of feet in ...
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... morning is standing with an anxious , awe - struck face at the foot of the bed . The doctor feels the pulse of the woman , or rather lays an inquiring finger where the slightest thread of vital cur- rent is scarcely throbbing , and ...
... morning is standing with an anxious , awe - struck face at the foot of the bed . The doctor feels the pulse of the woman , or rather lays an inquiring finger where the slightest thread of vital cur- rent is scarcely throbbing , and ...
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... morning by pulling open his eyes with little fingers , and jabbering unin- telligible dialects in his ears . " We will call this child Naomi , wife , " he said , after con- sulting his old Bible ; " for that means pleasant , and I'm ...
... morning by pulling open his eyes with little fingers , and jabbering unin- telligible dialects in his ears . " We will call this child Naomi , wife , " he said , after con- sulting his old Bible ; " for that means pleasant , and I'm ...
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... morning , and there the old man was a - sittin ' by her bed , and he had a pair of her shoes in his hand , you know what a leetle bit of a foot she had . I never saw nothin ' look so kind o ' solitary as that poor old man did ! " " Well ...
... morning , and there the old man was a - sittin ' by her bed , and he had a pair of her shoes in his hand , you know what a leetle bit of a foot she had . I never saw nothin ' look so kind o ' solitary as that poor old man did ! " " Well ...
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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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