Taken Alive: And Other Stories : with an AutobiographyDodd, Mead,, 1889 - 375 pages |
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... turning - point of my life . In conclusion , he advised me to enter the Senior class the following fall , thus taking a partial course of study . How many men are living to - day who owe much of the best in their lives to that divinely ...
... turning - point of my life . In conclusion , he advised me to enter the Senior class the following fall , thus taking a partial course of study . How many men are living to - day who owe much of the best in their lives to that divinely ...
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... turned sen- tences in which it is apparent more labor has been expended on the vehicle than on what it contains . The questions of this eager age are , What has he to say ? Does it interest us ? As an author , I have felt that my only ...
... turned sen- tences in which it is apparent more labor has been expended on the vehicle than on what it contains . The questions of this eager age are , What has he to say ? Does it interest us ? As an author , I have felt that my only ...
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... turned resolutely away from it , as in one who did n't know much about the world or himself either . What's more , father— " At the word " father " her listless manner vanished , and she gave way to passionate sobs . " His foul murder ...
... turned resolutely away from it , as in one who did n't know much about the world or himself either . What's more , father— " At the word " father " her listless manner vanished , and she gave way to passionate sobs . " His foul murder ...
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... turned and stabbed him . He told me all with his poor pale lips before he died . Oh , oh ! when shall I forget ? " " You can never forget , dear ; I don't ask anything con- trary to nature . You were a good daughter , and so I believe ...
... turned and stabbed him . He told me all with his poor pale lips before he died . Oh , oh ! when shall I forget ? " " You can never forget , dear ; I don't ask anything con- trary to nature . You were a good daughter , and so I believe ...
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... post road at least a mile to the west of the tavern , which stood near its intersection with the mine road . Re- turning , he again marked out a path with paper as he had before . The sun was now low in the sky TAKEN ALIVE . 47.
... post road at least a mile to the west of the tavern , which stood near its intersection with the mine road . Re- turning , he again marked out a path with paper as he had before . The sun was now low in the sky TAKEN ALIVE . 47.
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