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... round of daily business . He owned a fishing- smack , in which he labored after the apostolic fashion ; and she washed , and ironed , and scrubbed , and brewed , and baked , in her contented round , week in and out . The only recrea ...
... round of daily business . He owned a fishing- smack , in which he labored after the apostolic fashion ; and she washed , and ironed , and scrubbed , and brewed , and baked , in her contented round , week in and out . The only recrea ...
Page 11
... round to Archangel , and there chewed a bit of chip , and considered and calculated what bargains it was best to make . He had walked the streets of Calcutta in his shirt - sleeves , with his best Sunday vest , backed with black glazed ...
... round to Archangel , and there chewed a bit of chip , and considered and calculated what bargains it was best to make . He had walked the streets of Calcutta in his shirt - sleeves , with his best Sunday vest , backed with black glazed ...
Page 12
... round the world after riches . We'll have a little farm down on Orr's Island , and I'll have a little fishing - smack , and we'll live and be happy together . " And so Mary , who in those days was a pretty young married woman , felt ...
... round the world after riches . We'll have a little farm down on Orr's Island , and I'll have a little fishing - smack , and we'll live and be happy together . " And so Mary , who in those days was a pretty young married woman , felt ...
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... round nussin ' , and layin ' - out , and tendin ' funerals , I've watched people's exercises . Peo- ple's sometimes supported wonderfully just at the time , and maybe at the funeral ; but the three or four weeks after , most everybody ...
... round nussin ' , and layin ' - out , and tendin ' funerals , I've watched people's exercises . Peo- ple's sometimes supported wonderfully just at the time , and maybe at the funeral ; but the three or four weeks after , most everybody ...
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... round the door of the brown house was a slender child , with ways and manners so still and singular as often to remind the neighbors that she was not like other children , - a bud of hope and joy , - but the outcome of a great sorrow ...
... round the door of the brown house was a slender child , with ways and manners so still and singular as often to remind the neighbors that she was not like other children , - a bud of hope and joy , - but the outcome of a great sorrow ...
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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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