Taken Alive, and Other Stories: With an AutobiographyDodd, Mead, 1898 - 375 pages |
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... never given any time to tracing ancestry , but have a sort of quiet satisfaction that mine is certainly American as far as it well can be . My forefathers ( not “ rude , " to my knowledge ) were among the first settlers on the Atlantic ...
... never given any time to tracing ancestry , but have a sort of quiet satisfaction that mine is certainly American as far as it well can be . My forefathers ( not “ rude , " to my knowledge ) were among the first settlers on the Atlantic ...
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... never wearied in the culti- vation of his little valley farm , and the square , flower - bordered garden , at one side of which ran an unfailing brook . In this garden and under his tuition I acquired my love of horticulture ...
... never wearied in the culti- vation of his little valley farm , and the square , flower - bordered garden , at one side of which ran an unfailing brook . In this garden and under his tuition I acquired my love of horticulture ...
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... never , to my knowledge , seeking or taking any office . His house often became a station of the " under- ground railroad " in slavery times , and on one night in the depth of winter he took a hotly - pursued fugitive in his sleigh and ...
... never , to my knowledge , seeking or taking any office . His house often became a station of the " under- ground railroad " in slavery times , and on one night in the depth of winter he took a hotly - pursued fugitive in his sleigh and ...
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... never know a sweeter moment in his life than when he receives the thanks of his parents for some such effort in their behalf . No investment can ever pay him better . In one of my books , " Nature's Serial Story , " my father and mother ...
... never know a sweeter moment in his life than when he receives the thanks of his parents for some such effort in their behalf . No investment can ever pay him better . In one of my books , " Nature's Serial Story , " my father and mother ...
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... never forget the expe- riences of that useless tragedy . I was conscious of a sensation which struck me as too profound to be merely awe . Early in the morning we crossed the Rappahannock on a pontoon bridge , and marched up the hill to ...
... never forget the expe- riences of that useless tragedy . I was conscious of a sensation which struck me as too profound to be merely awe . Early in the morning we crossed the Rappahannock on a pontoon bridge , and marched up the hill to ...
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