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Page 162
... knew of but one thing to do - he fetched his tongs and dragged them out . If the jaw remained , it was not his fault . Doctors were not called in cases of ordinary illness ; the family grandmother attended to those . Every old woman was ...
... knew of but one thing to do - he fetched his tongs and dragged them out . If the jaw remained , it was not his fault . Doctors were not called in cases of ordinary illness ; the family grandmother attended to those . Every old woman was ...
Page 278
... knew that the sun roughly marked the north- west . He looked to the south and knew that somewhere beyond those bleak hills lay the Great Bear Lake ; also , he knew that in that direction the Arctic Circle cut its forbidding way across ...
... knew that the sun roughly marked the north- west . He looked to the south and knew that somewhere beyond those bleak hills lay the Great Bear Lake ; also , he knew that in that direction the Arctic Circle cut its forbidding way across ...
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... knew enough to keep still , and only peered through the narrowest slits I could make with my eyelids , so I judged that the face in the flower would think I slept . Believe me , I watched closely . " It moved my way , but cautiously as ...
... knew enough to keep still , and only peered through the narrowest slits I could make with my eyelids , so I judged that the face in the flower would think I slept . Believe me , I watched closely . " It moved my way , but cautiously as ...
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