Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 116Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Scribner & Company; The Century Company, 1928 - American literature |
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... took it to the city and set it Above his Persian rugs and fresh display Of chairs and tables . There it fretted , Singing out " Tirzah Potter " all the day . The nephew took the clock , as more befitting Its nature , to his country ...
... took it to the city and set it Above his Persian rugs and fresh display Of chairs and tables . There it fretted , Singing out " Tirzah Potter " all the day . The nephew took the clock , as more befitting Its nature , to his country ...
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... took him a wife she would never spend his good money buying red stockings and shiny shoes . Those shoes Harpa had on must have cost as much as a whole week's rations . Instead of being vexed at what Joe said discounting her ways ...
... took him a wife she would never spend his good money buying red stockings and shiny shoes . Those shoes Harpa had on must have cost as much as a whole week's rations . Instead of being vexed at what Joe said discounting her ways ...
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... took one unwilling step for- ward , then he stumbled and almost fell , for his forefoot had picked up a nail . A mean , ugly , crooked , rusty nail which had dug through his hoof clear down to the bone . Those old Quarter houses were ...
... took one unwilling step for- ward , then he stumbled and almost fell , for his forefoot had picked up a nail . A mean , ugly , crooked , rusty nail which had dug through his hoof clear down to the bone . Those old Quarter houses were ...
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... took in one long gasping breath then let it out in a thin wild shriek , " Oh - h - ee- ! " She tried to wrench the gun from his hands , but he gave her a hard backward shove toward the bed . Ut was not certain what happened . The gun ...
... took in one long gasping breath then let it out in a thin wild shriek , " Oh - h - ee- ! " She tried to wrench the gun from his hands , but he gave her a hard backward shove toward the bed . Ut was not certain what happened . The gun ...
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... took upon him- self the presidency of what the world called the wild and dangerous Ameri- can democracy , gathering about him a few hesitating advisers . How might a debt of a hundred millions , greater then than a hundred billions ...
... took upon him- self the presidency of what the world called the wild and dangerous Ameri- can democracy , gathering about him a few hesitating advisers . How might a debt of a hundred millions , greater then than a hundred billions ...
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