Life ...Houghton, Mifflin, 1874 - 208 pages |
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... looked a statue of anger and astonishment , done in Aberdeen granite . We soon had a crowd ; the Chicken held on . " A knife ! " cried Bob ; and a cobbler gave him his knife . You know the kind of knife , worn away obliquely to a point ...
... looked a statue of anger and astonishment , done in Aberdeen granite . We soon had a crowd ; the Chicken held on . " A knife ! " cried Bob ; and a cobbler gave him his knife . You know the kind of knife , worn away obliquely to a point ...
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... looked down at his victim , appeased , ashamed , and amazed ; snuffed him all over , stared at him , and taking a sudden thought , turned round and trotted off . Bob took the dead dog up , and said , " John , we ' ll bury him after tea ...
... looked down at his victim , appeased , ashamed , and amazed ; snuffed him all over , stared at him , and taking a sudden thought , turned round and trotted off . Bob took the dead dog up , and said , " John , we ' ll bury him after tea ...
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... looked as if taking general possession of the place ; like the Duke of Wellington entering a subdued city , satiated with victory and peace . After him came Jess , now white from age , with her cart ; and in it a woman carefully wrapped ...
... looked as if taking general possession of the place ; like the Duke of Wellington entering a subdued city , satiated with victory and peace . After him came Jess , now white from age , with her cart ; and in it a woman carefully wrapped ...
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... looked sixty , and had on a mutch , white as snow , with its black ribbon , her silvery , smooth hair setting off her dark gray eyes , eyes such as one sees only twice or thrice in a lifetime , full of suffering , full also of the ...
... looked sixty , and had on a mutch , white as snow , with its black ribbon , her silvery , smooth hair setting off her dark gray eyes , eyes such as one sees only twice or thrice in a lifetime , full of suffering , full also of the ...
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... looked at and examined it carefully ; she and James watching me , and Rab eying all three . What could I say ? There it was , that had once been so soft , so shapely , so white , so bountiful , SO " full of all blessed conditions ...
... looked at and examined it carefully ; she and James watching me , and Rab eying all three . What could I say ? There it was , that had once been so soft , so shapely , so white , so bountiful , SO " full of all blessed conditions ...
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