St. Nicholas, Volume 53Mary Mapes Dodge Scribner & Company, 1926 - Children's literature |
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... face as , with a boil of white water under her stem , the schooner cut seaward . Out into the free and wild ... faces . " I've heard of Sable , but I never thought I'd see it . " " Well , ye ' re seein ' her now , me son ! She ' s ...
... face as , with a boil of white water under her stem , the schooner cut seaward . Out into the free and wild ... faces . " I've heard of Sable , but I never thought I'd see it . " " Well , ye ' re seein ' her now , me son ! She ' s ...
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... face cut like pin - points , and he could barely keep his eyes open . Suddenly he became aware that his alpenstock was slipping through his fingers . Why did n't it stop when it touched the level of his feet ? He hesitated . But before ...
... face cut like pin - points , and he could barely keep his eyes open . Suddenly he became aware that his alpenstock was slipping through his fingers . Why did n't it stop when it touched the level of his feet ? He hesitated . But before ...
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... face and twinkling , though rather sleepy , blue eyes . As he was going to be married very soon to Aunt Eleanor , Mother's youngest sister , he was already known to the young fry as Uncle Dick . " Are they really going to the beach in ...
... face and twinkling , though rather sleepy , blue eyes . As he was going to be married very soon to Aunt Eleanor , Mother's youngest sister , he was already known to the young fry as Uncle Dick . " Are they really going to the beach in ...
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... face peered cautiously through the leaves , and then a figure stole forth , crossed the grounds of the Topcliff estate , and dashed away in the direction of the town . AT the Blake cottage the resolutions were passed , with acclamation ...
... face peered cautiously through the leaves , and then a figure stole forth , crossed the grounds of the Topcliff estate , and dashed away in the direction of the town . AT the Blake cottage the resolutions were passed , with acclamation ...
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... face and his little body be rigid with fright . " " Maybe he was thinking about Long John Silver , " mused Leslie . " Well , whatever . He would call for the Bible to be read to him ; but if he was better in the morning , it was a tale ...
... face and his little body be rigid with fright . " " Maybe he was thinking about Long John Silver , " mused Leslie . " Well , whatever . He would call for the Bible to be read to him ; but if he was better in the morning , it was a tale ...
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