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... took off her spectacles and wiped them thoughtfully . " Well , no , Jack , I'm afraid I can't . I have been baking and cleaning up to - day , and there are twenty- four separate aches in my old back , one for every j'int . Can't you get ...
... took off her spectacles and wiped them thoughtfully . " Well , no , Jack , I'm afraid I can't . I have been baking and cleaning up to - day , and there are twenty- four separate aches in my old back , one for every j'int . Can't you get ...
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... took to belong to the respectable sisterhood of old maids , until it was introduced to me as Mrs. Prescott , a widowed daughter of the house ; my own vis - a - vis being the only child of the same , Alice Prescott , -a shy , blue - eyed ...
... took to belong to the respectable sisterhood of old maids , until it was introduced to me as Mrs. Prescott , a widowed daughter of the house ; my own vis - a - vis being the only child of the same , Alice Prescott , -a shy , blue - eyed ...
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... took for a ghost the other night , and was fright ened clear out of her wits . " And the farmer chuckled in- wardly . " Then I will not trouble Miss Alice , thank you . I shall really enjoy finding my way by myself . There will be a ...
... took for a ghost the other night , and was fright ened clear out of her wits . " And the farmer chuckled in- wardly . " Then I will not trouble Miss Alice , thank you . I shall really enjoy finding my way by myself . There will be a ...
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... took her medicines from my hand , at the stated moments , without demur , but replied to the questions I addressed to her only by gestures . Finally , after a long , unwinking scrutiny of my face , she suddenly flung herself on one side ...
... took her medicines from my hand , at the stated moments , without demur , but replied to the questions I addressed to her only by gestures . Finally , after a long , unwinking scrutiny of my face , she suddenly flung herself on one side ...
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... took them off with a shudder , and seating myself by the bedside , held down the eyelids with a light pressure of my fingers . So sitting , the peacefulness of the corpse seemed to be communicated to me also ; and for the time , earthly ...
... took them off with a shudder , and seating myself by the bedside , held down the eyelids with a light pressure of my fingers . So sitting , the peacefulness of the corpse seemed to be communicated to me also ; and for the time , earthly ...
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Page 191 - A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Makes that and the action fine.
Page 443 - My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh also longeth after thee : in a barren and dry land where no water is.
Page 138 - Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark...
Page 15 - ... took care of him. And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.