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Page 13
... sails looked like millers ' wings , or walking miles from distant parts of the island . Some writer calls a funeral one of the amusements of a New England population . Must we call it an amusement to go and see the acted despair of ...
... sails looked like millers ' wings , or walking miles from distant parts of the island . Some writer calls a funeral one of the amusements of a New England population . Must we call it an amusement to go and see the acted despair of ...
Page 44
... sail high up into the murky air . The dash of the rising tide came with successive crash upon crash like the discharge of heavy artillery , seeming to shake the very house , and the spray borne by the wind dashed whizzing against the ...
... sail high up into the murky air . The dash of the rising tide came with successive crash upon crash like the discharge of heavy artillery , seeming to shake the very house , and the spray borne by the wind dashed whizzing against the ...
Page 87
... sail , and the two children stood on the beach and saw them go off . A pleasant little wind car- ried them away , and back on the breeze came the sound of Zephaniah's Sunday - morning psalm : - " Lord , in the morning thou shalt hear My ...
... sail , and the two children stood on the beach and saw them go off . A pleasant little wind car- ried them away , and back on the breeze came the sound of Zephaniah's Sunday - morning psalm : - " Lord , in the morning thou shalt hear My ...
Page 88
... sails of other little craft bound for the same point and for the same purpose . It was as pleasant a sight as one might wish to see . Left in charge of the house , Miss Ruey drew a long breath , took a consoling pinch of snuff , sang ...
... sails of other little craft bound for the same point and for the same purpose . It was as pleasant a sight as one might wish to see . Left in charge of the house , Miss Ruey drew a long breath , took a consoling pinch of snuff , sang ...
Page 113
... they made themselves very gay , rocking it from side to side . The tide was going out , and each retreating wave washed the boat up and down , till it came into the boy's curly head how beautiful it would be to sail out as he Ceive.
... they made themselves very gay , rocking it from side to side . The tide was going out , and each retreating wave washed the boat up and down , till it came into the boy's curly head how beautiful it would be to sail out as he Ceive.
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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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