Taken Alive, and Other Stories: With an AutobiographyDodd, Mead, 1898 - 375 pages |
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... knew “ Paradise Lost " by heart . In my recollections of her , the Bible and all works tending to elucidate its prophecies were her favorite themes of study . The retentiveness of her memory was very remarkable . If any one repeated a ...
... knew “ Paradise Lost " by heart . In my recollections of her , the Bible and all works tending to elucidate its prophecies were her favorite themes of study . The retentiveness of her memory was very remarkable . If any one repeated a ...
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... some other vegetable which he knew would prove his garden to be ahead of mine . My father was very simple and positive in his beliefs , always act . openly foremost in the reform movements of his " A NATIVE AUTHOR CALLED ROE . " 9.
... some other vegetable which he knew would prove his garden to be ahead of mine . My father was very simple and positive in his beliefs , always act . openly foremost in the reform movements of his " A NATIVE AUTHOR CALLED ROE . " 9.
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... knew well how much he would miss it . We burned wood in the large stone seminary building . Every au- tumn great ranks of hard maple were piled up , and students who wished to earn a little money were paid a dollar a cord for sawing it ...
... knew well how much he would miss it . We burned wood in the large stone seminary building . Every au- tumn great ranks of hard maple were piled up , and students who wished to earn a little money were paid a dollar a cord for sawing it ...
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... knew my work to be exceedingly faulty goes without saying ; that it was utterly bad , I was scarcely ready to believe . Dr. Field , noted for his pure English diction and taste , would not publish an irredeemable story , and the ...
... knew my work to be exceedingly faulty goes without saying ; that it was utterly bad , I was scarcely ready to believe . Dr. Field , noted for his pure English diction and taste , would not publish an irredeemable story , and the ...
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... knew in any case that the critics themselves would eat my strawberries ; so I made the culture of small fruits the second string to my bow . This busi- ness speedily took the form of growing plants for sale , and was developing rapidly ...
... knew in any case that the critics themselves would eat my strawberries ; so I made the culture of small fruits the second string to my bow . This busi- ness speedily took the form of growing plants for sale , and was developing rapidly ...
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