Seven DreamersHarper & Brothers, 1890 - 281 páginas |
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... tried to get some comfort out of it : ' At Michmash he hath laid up his carriages . ' Ain't that queer , now ? Think o ' that for a help and a comfort and a restin ' - place ! But ' twas all that to Jerry . He had awful troubles -lost ...
... tried to get some comfort out of it : ' At Michmash he hath laid up his carriages . ' Ain't that queer , now ? Think o ' that for a help and a comfort and a restin ' - place ! But ' twas all that to Jerry . He had awful troubles -lost ...
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... tried to convey by a look the thought which had just come to me , the feeling that the child's mind was astray , and we must aid her . That he read my mean- ing at once was owing to no skill of mine , but to his own quickness - Max was ...
... tried to convey by a look the thought which had just come to me , the feeling that the child's mind was astray , and we must aid her . That he read my mean- ing at once was owing to no skill of mine , but to his own quickness - Max was ...
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... tried to understand , but I could not follow them . It was all about the little girl's brain , and the part of it which had gone wrong , and the " gray matter " there , and how it would come all right with returning health , and she ...
... tried to understand , but I could not follow them . It was all about the little girl's brain , and the part of it which had gone wrong , and the " gray matter " there , and how it would come all right with returning health , and she ...
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... - ginger root . He's tried cammermile an ' rheubarb an ' lots o ' things , but he goes on hankerin ' for terbacky . I'm plaguy glad to git this " -all this with a smile , or rather chuckle , of pleasure . Then BOTANY BAY . 57.
... - ginger root . He's tried cammermile an ' rheubarb an ' lots o ' things , but he goes on hankerin ' for terbacky . I'm plaguy glad to git this " -all this with a smile , or rather chuckle , of pleasure . Then BOTANY BAY . 57.
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... tried in her poor blind way to believe and trust and think that somehow things were for the best . But now , with this terrible blow , all faith in God and man was killed . She buried the boy with no more thought or hope of a future ...
... tried in her poor blind way to believe and trust and think that somehow things were for the best . But now , with this terrible blow , all faith in God and man was killed . She buried the boy with no more thought or hope of a future ...
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