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Page 17
... seemed at a little distance a smooth shaven lawn of the most brilliant green , but which proved on trial little better than a quaking bog- embracing within its ridgy circumference all possible varieties of " Muirs , and mosses , slaps ...
... seemed at a little distance a smooth shaven lawn of the most brilliant green , but which proved on trial little better than a quaking bog- embracing within its ridgy circumference all possible varieties of " Muirs , and mosses , slaps ...
Page 20
... seemed to me to rest on the tops of the window- frames . And , to make a long story short , though manifold were the runnings up and down , and close the whisperings before all was ready , I was at length ushered up a steep and narrow ...
... seemed to me to rest on the tops of the window- frames . And , to make a long story short , though manifold were the runnings up and down , and close the whisperings before all was ready , I was at length ushered up a steep and narrow ...
Page 28
... seemed to be on the point of concluding their morning duties . The hearth was newly swept , a tin reflector was before the fire , appa- rently full of bread , or something equally impor- tant . The young lady was placing some cups and ...
... seemed to be on the point of concluding their morning duties . The hearth was newly swept , a tin reflector was before the fire , appa- rently full of bread , or something equally impor- tant . The young lady was placing some cups and ...
Page 29
... seemed almost as magical in its effects as the whistle of Roderick Dhu ; for , solitary as the whole neighborhood had appeared to me in the morning , not many moments elapsed before in came men and boys enough to fill the table ...
... seemed almost as magical in its effects as the whistle of Roderick Dhu ; for , solitary as the whole neighborhood had appeared to me in the morning , not many moments elapsed before in came men and boys enough to fill the table ...
Page 34
... seemed nothing and I scarcely remembered the rattlesnakes . We found the poor boy in not quite so sad a case as had been expected . A physician had arrived from about fourteen miles off , and had brought with him a quantity of spirits ...
... seemed nothing and I scarcely remembered the rattlesnakes . We found the poor boy in not quite so sad a case as had been expected . A physician had arrived from about fourteen miles off , and had brought with him a quantity of spirits ...
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