The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 77Century Company, 1909 - American literature |
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... hand . This work of art , which bore the legend , " Abe thirty years ago , " was a source of much amusement to the supposed original , as was another placard which an- nounced " Edgar County for the Tall Sucker ! " Indeed , flags ...
... hand . This work of art , which bore the legend , " Abe thirty years ago , " was a source of much amusement to the supposed original , as was another placard which an- nounced " Edgar County for the Tall Sucker ! " Indeed , flags ...
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... hand had done them ? For a moment I prayed to be a German art professor , with spectacles potent enough , erudition . enough , to solve that enticing problem . The next moment that prayer had a perverse answer ; for in the chapel of the ...
... hand had done them ? For a moment I prayed to be a German art professor , with spectacles potent enough , erudition . enough , to solve that enticing problem . The next moment that prayer had a perverse answer ; for in the chapel of the ...
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... hand that seemed to exude beneficence , and the clergyman , pressing it , ventured to murmur a suggestion . " What ... hands hanging down before her . The rose on her breast stirred slightly . " Have you any more work to do with Wrayford ...
... hand that seemed to exude beneficence , and the clergyman , pressing it , ventured to murmur a suggestion . " What ... hands hanging down before her . The rose on her breast stirred slightly . " Have you any more work to do with Wrayford ...
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... hands . He listened a moment , catching Stilling's farewell shout ; then he changed his position slightly , and laid his hand on her arm . " In an hour ? " She made a faint motion of assent . " I'll tell you all about it then . key ' s ...
... hands . He listened a moment , catching Stilling's farewell shout ; then he changed his position slightly , and laid his hand on her arm . " In an hour ? " She made a faint motion of assent . " I'll tell you all about it then . key ' s ...
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... hands in his . Then she said wearily : " You ' d better tell me . " Wrayford gave a faint laugh . " Yes , I suppose I had ... hand again . " He lifted it and laid a long kiss on it . " What was it - exactly that he wished you to tell me ...
... hands in his . Then she said wearily : " You ' d better tell me . " Wrayford gave a faint laugh . " Yes , I suppose I had ... hand again . " He lifted it and laid a long kiss on it . " What was it - exactly that he wished you to tell me ...
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