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... told in many a family on this coast . A few hours after , the unfortunate crew were washed ashore in all the joyous holiday rig in which they had attired themselves that morning to go to their sisters , wives , and mothers . This is the ...
... told in many a family on this coast . A few hours after , the unfortunate crew were washed ashore in all the joyous holiday rig in which they had attired themselves that morning to go to their sisters , wives , and mothers . This is the ...
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... little thing . Now , Mis ' Badger she brought up a seven - months ' child , and she told me she gave it nothin ' but these ' ere little seed cookies , wet in 2 THE PEARL OF ORR'S ISLAND . 25 "It's real affectin," said Miss Ruey, ...
... little thing . Now , Mis ' Badger she brought up a seven - months ' child , and she told me she gave it nothin ' but these ' ere little seed cookies , wet in 2 THE PEARL OF ORR'S ISLAND . 25 "It's real affectin," said Miss Ruey, ...
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... told you of at the funeral . The Captain , too , had followed the sea in his early life , but being not , as he expressed it , " very rugged , " in time changed his ship for a tight little cottage on the sea - shore , and devoted ...
... told you of at the funeral . The Captain , too , had followed the sea in his early life , but being not , as he expressed it , " very rugged , " in time changed his ship for a tight little cottage on the sea - shore , and devoted ...
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... told them ar stories till he begins to b'lieve ' em himself , I think . " But works of fiction , as we all know , if only well gotten up , have always their advantages in the hearts of listeners over plain , homely truth ; and so ...
... told them ar stories till he begins to b'lieve ' em himself , I think . " But works of fiction , as we all know , if only well gotten up , have always their advantages in the hearts of listeners over plain , homely truth ; and so ...
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... told Mis ' Pennel I must come to you , if ' t was only for a day ; and I fetched the little girl down , ' cause the little thing's so kind o ' lonesome like . I thought Sally could play with her , and chirk her up a little . " " Well ...
... told Mis ' Pennel I must come to you , if ' t was only for a day ; and I fetched the little girl down , ' cause the little thing's so kind o ' lonesome like . I thought Sally could play with her , and chirk her up a little . " " Well ...
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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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