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... occasion- ally an estray was caught and eagerly devoured . Abraham and his sister often sat at her feet to hear of scenes and deeds that roused their young imaginations , and fed their hungry minds . Schools in Kentucky were , in those ...
... occasion- ally an estray was caught and eagerly devoured . Abraham and his sister often sat at her feet to hear of scenes and deeds that roused their young imaginations , and fed their hungry minds . Schools in Kentucky were , in those ...
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... occasion , the eager faces around him , and all the sweet influences of the morning , inspired him with an unusual fluency and fervor ; and the flickering sunlight , as it glanced through the wind - parted leaves , caught many a tear ...
... occasion , the eager faces around him , and all the sweet influences of the morning , inspired him with an unusual fluency and fervor ; and the flickering sunlight , as it glanced through the wind - parted leaves , caught many a tear ...
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... occasion , Abraham , having arrived at his turn , fastened his mare to the lever , and was following her closely upon her rounds , when , urging her with a switch , and " clucking " to her in the usual way , he received a kick from her ...
... occasion , Abraham , having arrived at his turn , fastened his mare to the lever , and was following her closely upon her rounds , when , urging her with a switch , and " clucking " to her in the usual way , he received a kick from her ...
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... occasion he sold a woman a little bill of goods amounting in value , by the reckoning , to two dollars and six and a quarter cents . He received the money , and the woman went away . On adding the items of the bill again , to make ...
... occasion he sold a woman a little bill of goods amounting in value , by the reckoning , to two dollars and six and a quarter cents . He received the money , and the woman went away . On adding the items of the bill again , to make ...
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... occasion , that all his family seemed to have good sense , but , somehow , none had ever become distinguished . He thought that per- haps he might become so . He had talked , he said , with men who had the reputation of being great men ...
... occasion , that all his family seemed to have good sense , but , somehow , none had ever become distinguished . He thought that per- haps he might become so . He had talked , he said , with men who had the reputation of being great men ...
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