Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 102Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Century Company, 1921 - American literature |
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... asked . " He did n't . " " You mean Jason is alive now , sixty years after- " " He's ninety - five years old . You see , I ' m - I was till I rechristened myself Williams - I'm Jason Sanders , " he replied . Then for two thousand miles ...
... asked . " He did n't . " " You mean Jason is alive now , sixty years after- " " He's ninety - five years old . You see , I ' m - I was till I rechristened myself Williams - I'm Jason Sanders , " he replied . Then for two thousand miles ...
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... asked them to draw up their own mandates and submit them to it for approval . This also they refused . And the league eventually asked them to draw up their own mandates and act upon them without submitting them to anybody , subject ...
... asked them to draw up their own mandates and submit them to it for approval . This also they refused . And the league eventually asked them to draw up their own mandates and act upon them without submitting them to anybody , subject ...
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... asked Joy , leap- ing to her feet in recovered ecstasy . Much to the gardener's annoyance , Mrs. Featherstone agreed to the sacri- fice of the lilies , and Eliza's grave was strewn with this inappropriate em- blem . Joy danced hand in ...
... asked Joy , leap- ing to her feet in recovered ecstasy . Much to the gardener's annoyance , Mrs. Featherstone agreed to the sacri- fice of the lilies , and Eliza's grave was strewn with this inappropriate em- blem . Joy danced hand in ...
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... asked . when , " Lo ! in the morning he found. " I finished " Lorna Doone ' last night . Nicolas promised to take me . He says all the savage Doones are dead , but I think there might be rather a nice one left . " Mrs. Featherstone took ...
... asked . when , " Lo ! in the morning he found. " I finished " Lorna Doone ' last night . Nicolas promised to take me . He says all the savage Doones are dead , but I think there might be rather a nice one left . " Mrs. Featherstone took ...
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... asked of Joy she gave . " This is the Doone Inn above the valley , " he said rather drily , turning Moonlighter's head toward a rough grass path . " We ' d better leave the horses here and lunch . It's too rough a road to take them down ...
... asked of Joy she gave . " This is the Doone Inn above the valley , " he said rather drily , turning Moonlighter's head toward a rough grass path . " We ' d better leave the horses here and lunch . It's too rough a road to take them down ...
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