The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 13; Volume 35Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Century Company, 1888 - American literature |
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... stood on tiptoe to study the lineaments of great - grandaunt Betty , hanging in her fly - specked frame somewhere near the ceiling , and had been eager to hear how she had been toasted at Mayfair Copyright , 1887 , by THE CENTURY Co ...
... stood on tiptoe to study the lineaments of great - grandaunt Betty , hanging in her fly - specked frame somewhere near the ceiling , and had been eager to hear how she had been toasted at Mayfair Copyright , 1887 , by THE CENTURY Co ...
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... stood to receive General Braddock , on the occasion of his first visit to the town . On the landing of yonder stairway little great- aunt Nancy , the shy member of the family , while taking flight to avoid a sudden arrival of guests ...
... stood to receive General Braddock , on the occasion of his first visit to the town . On the landing of yonder stairway little great- aunt Nancy , the shy member of the family , while taking flight to avoid a sudden arrival of guests ...
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... stood in wind and weather long enough to have lost the raw look of new- ness , and to have its tints so softened that it had become a part of the circumjacent landscape . The phoebe - bird locally known as the pewee , had just finished ...
... stood in wind and weather long enough to have lost the raw look of new- ness , and to have its tints so softened that it had become a part of the circumjacent landscape . The phoebe - bird locally known as the pewee , had just finished ...
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... stood a long while in the breeze at the open window watching the shadows of clouds drift over the moonlit prairie , which stretched away like a shoreless sea from the back of his uncle's house . He could not en- dure to bring his ...
... stood a long while in the breeze at the open window watching the shadows of clouds drift over the moonlit prairie , which stretched away like a shoreless sea from the back of his uncle's house . He could not en- dure to bring his ...
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... stood beside his knee , pricked his ears for a moment at sight of the negro , and then dropped them . It was September . The comfortable air The " shaking prairie , " " trembling prairie , " or " prairie tremblante , " is low , level ...
... stood beside his knee , pricked his ears for a moment at sight of the negro , and then dropped them . It was September . The comfortable air The " shaking prairie , " " trembling prairie , " or " prairie tremblante , " is low , level ...
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