Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 116Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Scribner & Company; The Century Company, 1928 - American literature |
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Page 7
... trying to find something to kick about in our conduct of the war . As an orator , or rather , as a public speaker , for he is not an orator in the accepted sense of the word , he owes his effectiveness to a magnetic per- sonality and a ...
... trying to find something to kick about in our conduct of the war . As an orator , or rather , as a public speaker , for he is not an orator in the accepted sense of the word , he owes his effectiveness to a magnetic per- sonality and a ...
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... tried jerking a hoe through the tough grass roots , and in no time both her palms were blistered . Her hands were too small and tender to stand the rasping of a rough hoe - handle . Harpa hated to cook . Greasy black pots and ugly A ...
... tried jerking a hoe through the tough grass roots , and in no time both her palms were blistered . Her hands were too small and tender to stand the rasping of a rough hoe - handle . Harpa hated to cook . Greasy black pots and ugly A ...
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... trying to raise him . Joe had plenty of sense ; he was able , but he wasted his time drinking , gambling , frolick ... tried loafing or gambling or drinking , or looked at any woman but Harpa . Ut knew Joe pitied him for such ignorance ...
... trying to raise him . Joe had plenty of sense ; he was able , but he wasted his time drinking , gambling , frolick ... tried loafing or gambling or drinking , or looked at any woman but Harpa . Ut knew Joe pitied him for such ignorance ...
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... trying to think of some suitable word to say . Poor little tired Harpa , mending and mending , and mending , working for him , placing the small industrious stitches side by side . He bent over and kissed the back of her slender neck ...
... trying to think of some suitable word to say . Poor little tired Harpa , mending and mending , and mending , working for him , placing the small industrious stitches side by side . He bent over and kissed the back of her slender neck ...
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... tried to yell ; but his frozen tongue could make no sound . His ears began roaring like the river in a flood . He could not think for its noise . But through the clear darkness his eyes saw his gun standing in the corner . It would tell ...
... tried to yell ; but his frozen tongue could make no sound . His ears began roaring like the river in a flood . He could not think for its noise . But through the clear darkness his eyes saw his gun standing in the corner . It would tell ...
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