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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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... mother to a frail little human exist- ence , which the storm of a great anguish has driven untime- ly on the shores of life , a precious pearl cast up from the past eternity upon the wet , wave - ribbed sand of the present . Now , weary ...
... mother to a frail little human exist- ence , which the storm of a great anguish has driven untime- ly on the shores of life , a precious pearl cast up from the past eternity upon the wet , wave - ribbed sand of the present . Now , weary ...
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... said Aunt Ruey . " She called the baby ' Mary . " " Ah ! sure enough ; her mother's name afore her . What a still , softly - spoken thing she always was ! " " A pity the poor baby didn't go with her 8 THE PEARL OF ORR'S ISLAND .
... said Aunt Ruey . " She called the baby ' Mary . " " Ah ! sure enough ; her mother's name afore her . What a still , softly - spoken thing she always was ! " " A pity the poor baby didn't go with her 8 THE PEARL OF ORR'S ISLAND .
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... mother's coffin , as the minister rose and said , " The ordinance of baptism will now be administered . " A few moments more , and on a baby brow had fallen a few drops of water , and the little pilgrim of a new life had been called ...
... mother's coffin , as the minister rose and said , " The ordinance of baptism will now be administered . " A few moments more , and on a baby brow had fallen a few drops of water , and the little pilgrim of a new life had been called ...
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... mother . What Mis ' Pennel ' s a - goin ' to do with it when we is gone , I'm sure I don't know . It comes kind o ' hard on old people to be broke o ' their rest . If it's goin ' to be called home , it's a pity , as I said , it did n't ...
... mother . What Mis ' Pennel ' s a - goin ' to do with it when we is gone , I'm sure I don't know . It comes kind o ' hard on old people to be broke o ' their rest . If it's goin ' to be called home , it's a pity , as I said , it did n't ...
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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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