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Page 26
... poor birdling , torn your wings , and mocked at your recording ? I know , as Howell wrote to " Father Ben , " that " the fangs of a bear and the tusks of a wild - boar don't bite worse and make deeper gashes than a goose - quill ...
... poor birdling , torn your wings , and mocked at your recording ? I know , as Howell wrote to " Father Ben , " that " the fangs of a bear and the tusks of a wild - boar don't bite worse and make deeper gashes than a goose - quill ...
Page 43
... poor fellow ; I be- long up here . I'll take the sheets and send ' em round to all the other papers that are open . Never mind ; you take that , and go right home to your moth- er . " " Thank you , Sir , " said the shivering lad , and ...
... poor fellow ; I be- long up here . I'll take the sheets and send ' em round to all the other papers that are open . Never mind ; you take that , and go right home to your moth- er . " " Thank you , Sir , " said the shivering lad , and ...
Page 49
... poor girl ! " " When you see the sun begin to shine in the morning , you may be sure enough it will keep rising all the forenoon , " said Chip , with the air of a great moral phi- losopher , conscious of having made a de- cided ...
... poor girl ! " " When you see the sun begin to shine in the morning , you may be sure enough it will keep rising all the forenoon , " said Chip , with the air of a great moral phi- losopher , conscious of having made a de- cided ...
Page 50
... poor Captain Grant was quite small compared with the gains he had managed to secure by thus venturing a little of his own and a great deal of other people's money . The shrewd minds in the secrets of the business world were not slow to ...
... poor Captain Grant was quite small compared with the gains he had managed to secure by thus venturing a little of his own and a great deal of other people's money . The shrewd minds in the secrets of the business world were not slow to ...
Page 52
... poor girl first became conscious that she had been lugging hither and thither her entire outfit of wardrobe , valuables , and keepsakes . Aggravated by fatigue , her indecision as to how she should dis- pose of herself was gradually ...
... poor girl first became conscious that she had been lugging hither and thither her entire outfit of wardrobe , valuables , and keepsakes . Aggravated by fatigue , her indecision as to how she should dis- pose of herself was gradually ...
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