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Page 10
... walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless ; but that is no great recommendation to a world gaping for sensation and calling for something stimulating . This wor- thy couple never read anything but the Bible ...
... walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless ; but that is no great recommendation to a world gaping for sensation and calling for something stimulating . This wor- thy couple never read anything but the Bible ...
Page 13
... walk in , as so many neighbors ; but they had come from neighboring points , crossing the glassy sea in their little crafts , whose white sails looked like millers ' wings , or walking miles from distant parts of the island . Some ...
... walk in , as so many neighbors ; but they had come from neighboring points , crossing the glassy sea in their little crafts , whose white sails looked like millers ' wings , or walking miles from distant parts of the island . Some ...
Page 17
... walks of Life . The 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 ...
... walks of Life . The 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 ...
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... walk about on the bottom of the ocean . " " Did you ever go down in one , father ? " " Why , yes , child , to be sure ; and strange enough it was , F to be sure . There you could see great big 66 THE PEARL OF ORR'S ISLAND .
... walk about on the bottom of the ocean . " " Did you ever go down in one , father ? " " Why , yes , child , to be sure ; and strange enough it was , F to be sure . There you could see great big 66 THE PEARL OF ORR'S ISLAND .
Page 124
... walk in , Mr. Sewell , " she said , rising , and leading the way toward the penetralia of the best room . " Now , Mrs. Pennel , I am come here for a good sit - down by your kitchen - fire this evening , " said Mr. Sewell . " Em- ily has ...
... walk in , Mr. Sewell , " she said , rising , and leading the way toward the penetralia of the best room . " Now , Mrs. Pennel , I am come here for a good sit - down by your kitchen - fire this evening , " said Mr. Sewell . " Em- ily has ...
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arms Aunt Roxy Aunt Ruey beautiful better blue boat brother brown house Brunswick called Cap'n Kittridge Captain Kittridge cheeks child cove dark dear deep Dolores door dream eyes face father feel felt girl give goin gone hair hand happy Harpswell head heard heart jist kind Kittridge's knew laugh little Mara little Moses live looked Lord Mara's Middle Bay mind Miss Emily Miss Roxy Miss Ruey morning Moses Pennel mother nature never night nothin Orr's Island PEARL OF ORR'S poor pretty rock rose round sail Sally Kittridge Sally's schooner seemed Sewell shadows ship shore sister solemn sort soul spirit stood strange Sunday sure talk tell there's thought told took tridge voice walk wife woman words young Zephaniah Pennel