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... talk , - well , she'll get over it ; but he won't get no support unless the Lord reaches right down and lifts him up over the world . I've seen that happen sometimes , and I. tell you , Ruey , that sort makes powerful Christians . " At ...
... talk , - well , she'll get over it ; but he won't get no support unless the Lord reaches right down and lifts him up over the world . I've seen that happen sometimes , and I. tell you , Ruey , that sort makes powerful Christians . " At ...
Page 53
... talks ! " said Sally , who had awakened with the project of building a sheet - house with her fairy neigh- bor , and was beginning to loosen the upper sheet and dispose the pillows with a view to this species of architecture . " Come ...
... talks ! " said Sally , who had awakened with the project of building a sheet - house with her fairy neigh- bor , and was beginning to loosen the upper sheet and dispose the pillows with a view to this species of architecture . " Come ...
Page 64
... talk about and to think of , and likely to furnish subject - matter for talk for years to come when she should go out to tea with any of her acquaintances who lived at Middle Bay , or Maquoit , or Harpswell Neck . For although in those ...
... talk about and to think of , and likely to furnish subject - matter for talk for years to come when she should go out to tea with any of her acquaintances who lived at Middle Bay , or Maquoit , or Harpswell Neck . For although in those ...
Page 68
... talk wicked , Cap'n Kittridge , usin ' Scrip- tur ' that ar way , " said his wife . " Why , don't it tell about all sorts of gold and precious stones in the Revelations ? " said the Captain ; " that's all I meant . Them ar countries off ...
... talk wicked , Cap'n Kittridge , usin ' Scrip- tur ' that ar way , " said his wife . " Why , don't it tell about all sorts of gold and precious stones in the Revelations ? " said the Captain ; " that's all I meant . Them ar countries off ...
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... talk so , " said his wife . " It's an awful responsibility , and I wonder you don't think whether or no you ' re fit for it . " " Why , down here on the shore , I'd as lives undertake a boy as a Newfoundland pup , " said the Captain ...
... talk so , " said his wife . " It's an awful responsibility , and I wonder you don't think whether or no you ' re fit for it . " " Why , down here on the shore , I'd as lives undertake a boy as a Newfoundland pup , " said the Captain ...
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