Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 100Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Century Company, 1920 - American literature |
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... months before Bessie had shaken a gay head with its crinkly red- brown hair as defiantly as a frisky colt at anything that did not please her , and had twinkled her amber - colored eyes at tiresome duties . Country neighbors had said ...
... months before Bessie had shaken a gay head with its crinkly red- brown hair as defiantly as a frisky colt at anything that did not please her , and had twinkled her amber - colored eyes at tiresome duties . Country neighbors had said ...
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... months , but he ' s been waiting for me to write . Pappy was always bit- ter proud when he got his back up about anything . " She estimated that she could get an answer to her letter by Friday , and she could scarcely control her ...
... months , but he ' s been waiting for me to write . Pappy was always bit- ter proud when he got his back up about anything . " She estimated that she could get an answer to her letter by Friday , and she could scarcely control her ...
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... months , and never give me a thought till you need money . Well , you can't ! That fine hus- band of yours can support his wife . The only use you can put my money to is to buy yourself decent clothes to leave him in . I hope you ' re ...
... months , and never give me a thought till you need money . Well , you can't ! That fine hus- band of yours can support his wife . The only use you can put my money to is to buy yourself decent clothes to leave him in . I hope you ' re ...
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... months . Every report of " jumping " a band or a camp of cacos ends now with a regular formula in which only the numbers differ : " Killed 1 general and 2 chiefs ; captured 9 rifles , 6 swords , 11 machetes . " The tendency of the caco ...
... months . Every report of " jumping " a band or a camp of cacos ends now with a regular formula in which only the numbers differ : " Killed 1 general and 2 chiefs ; captured 9 rifles , 6 swords , 11 machetes . " The tendency of the caco ...
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... months , thanks to that stagnation of circulation to which quartermaster de- partments are frequently subject . " Come along , " said Charlemagne , “ and I'll get you your money , " and some three hun- dred disgruntled workmen followed ...
... months , thanks to that stagnation of circulation to which quartermaster de- partments are frequently subject . " Come along , " said Charlemagne , “ and I'll get you your money , " and some three hun- dred disgruntled workmen followed ...
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