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Page 14
... solemn adoption into the infinite heart of the Lord . With something of the quaint pathos which distinguishes the primitive and Biblical people of that lonely shore , the minister read the passage in Ruth from which the name of > the ...
... solemn adoption into the infinite heart of the Lord . With something of the quaint pathos which distinguishes the primitive and Biblical people of that lonely shore , the minister read the passage in Ruth from which the name of > the ...
Page 17
... solemn black clock stood swaying with its eternal " tick - tock , tick - tock , " in the kitchen of the brown house on Orr's Island . There was there that sense of a stillness that can be felt , - such as settles down on THE PEARL OF ...
... solemn black clock stood swaying with its eternal " tick - tock , tick - tock , " in the kitchen of the brown house on Orr's Island . There was there that sense of a stillness that can be felt , - such as settles down on THE PEARL OF ...
Page 18
... solemn visits , or prayer - meetings , or wed- dings , or funerals , that room formed no part of the daily family scenery . The kitchen was clean and ample , with a great open fire- place and wide stone hearth , and oven on one side ...
... solemn visits , or prayer - meetings , or wed- dings , or funerals , that room formed no part of the daily family scenery . The kitchen was clean and ample , with a great open fire- place and wide stone hearth , and oven on one side ...
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... solemn . Here trees of the primeval forest , grand and lordly , looked down silently into the waters which ebbed and flowed daily into this little pool . Every variety of those beautiful evergreens which feather the coast of Maine , and ...
... solemn . Here trees of the primeval forest , grand and lordly , looked down silently into the waters which ebbed and flowed daily into this little pool . Every variety of those beautiful evergreens which feather the coast of Maine , and ...
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... solemn tick - tock was the only sound that could be heard in the kitchen . By her side , on a low stool , sat a vigorous , healthy girl of six years , whose employment evidently did not please her , for her well - marked black eyebrows ...
... solemn tick - tock was the only sound that could be heard in the kitchen . By her side , on a low stool , sat a vigorous , healthy girl of six years , whose employment evidently did not please her , for her well - marked black eyebrows ...
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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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