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... rock , and fringes of golden rod above swayed with the brisk blowing wind that was driving the blue waters seaward ... rocks . Where the spectators of this scene were sitting , they could see in the distance a ship borne with ...
... rock , and fringes of golden rod above swayed with the brisk blowing wind that was driving the blue waters seaward ... rocks . Where the spectators of this scene were sitting , they could see in the distance a ship borne with ...
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... brightest that the shops of a neighboring city could afford , - sitting like some tropical bird on a lonely rock , where the sea came dashing up into the edges of arbor vitæ , or tripping 12 THE PEARL OF ORR'S ISLAND .
... brightest that the shops of a neighboring city could afford , - sitting like some tropical bird on a lonely rock , where the sea came dashing up into the edges of arbor vitæ , or tripping 12 THE PEARL OF ORR'S ISLAND .
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... rocks , where cedars and hemlocks make deep shadows into which the sun shoots golden shafts of light , illuminating the scarlet feathers of the sumach , which threw themselves jauntily forth from the crevices ; while down below , in ...
... rocks , where cedars and hemlocks make deep shadows into which the sun shoots golden shafts of light , illuminating the scarlet feathers of the sumach , which threw themselves jauntily forth from the crevices ; while down below , in ...
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... rocks were covered with a curiously inwoven tapestry of moss , overshot with the exquisite vine of the Linnea bore- alis , which in early spring rings its two fairy bells on the end of every spray ; while elsewhere the wrinkled leaves ...
... rocks were covered with a curiously inwoven tapestry of moss , overshot with the exquisite vine of the Linnea bore- alis , which in early spring rings its two fairy bells on the end of every spray ; while elsewhere the wrinkled leaves ...
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... rocks in storms . " " The Cap'n puts me in mind of old Cap'n Jeduth Scran- ton , " said Miss Ruey , " that built that queer house down by Middle Bay . The Cap'n he would insist on havin ' on't jist like a ship , and the closet - shelves ...
... rocks in storms . " " The Cap'n puts me in mind of old Cap'n Jeduth Scran- ton , " said Miss Ruey , " that built that queer house down by Middle Bay . The Cap'n he would insist on havin ' on't jist like a ship , and the closet - shelves ...
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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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