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... night . Let us enter the dark front - door . We feel our way to the right , where a solitary ray of light comes from the chink of a half - opened door . Here is the front room of the house , set apart as its place of especial social ...
... night . Let us enter the dark front - door . We feel our way to the right , where a solitary ray of light comes from the chink of a half - opened door . Here is the front room of the house , set apart as its place of especial social ...
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... night , and kep ' a - suckin ' my cheek and my night - gown , poor little thing ! This ' ere's a baby that won't get along without its mother . What Mis ' Pennel ' s a - goin ' to do with it when we is gone , I'm sure I don't know . It ...
... night , and kep ' a - suckin ' my cheek and my night - gown , poor little thing ! This ' ere's a baby that won't get along without its mother . What Mis ' Pennel ' s a - goin ' to do with it when we is gone , I'm sure I don't know . It ...
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... night the old fisherman walked the floor with the little thing in his arms , talking to it that jargon of tender nonsense which fairies bring as love - gifts to all who tend a cradle . Many a day the good little old grandmother called ...
... night the old fisherman walked the floor with the little thing in his arms , talking to it that jargon of tender nonsense which fairies bring as love - gifts to all who tend a cradle . Many a day the good little old grandmother called ...
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... night it was late and long before her wide , wakeful eyes could be veiled in sleep . " Company 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 ...
... night it was late and long before her wide , wakeful eyes could be veiled in sleep . " Company 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 ...
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... night as I was comin ' home , and somehow I felt kind o ' as if I wanted all our folks snug in - doors . " " Why law , husband , Cap'n Kittridge's house is as good as ours , if it does blow . You never can seem to remember that houses ...
... night as I was comin ' home , and somehow I felt kind o ' as if I wanted all our folks snug in - doors . " " Why law , husband , Cap'n Kittridge's house is as good as ours , if it does blow . You never can seem to remember that houses ...
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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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