Cornertown Chronicles: New Legends of Old Lore. [With Illustrations.]Griffith and Farran, 1880 - 256 pages |
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... thousand strange fancies , sweet stories , and strains of happy music floated through her brain ; some time or other they would take shape , she thought , and then she would hold a levee in the back garden ! Besides all this , whether ...
... thousand strange fancies , sweet stories , and strains of happy music floated through her brain ; some time or other they would take shape , she thought , and then she would hold a levee in the back garden ! Besides all this , whether ...
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... thousands of years he will walk the earth communing with Nature , wresting her deep secrets from her , help- ing and teaching his fellow - men through his mighty discoveries . And this is to be my lot . Before my next birthday the prize ...
... thousands of years he will walk the earth communing with Nature , wresting her deep secrets from her , help- ing and teaching his fellow - men through his mighty discoveries . And this is to be my lot . Before my next birthday the prize ...
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... thousands of years could not kill it . Where is she now ? With all your science you cannot tell me that ; but , wherever she is , I shall be , too , some day . No , I would not live for ever on earth . " Richard sighed heavily . " The ...
... thousands of years could not kill it . Where is she now ? With all your science you cannot tell me that ; but , wherever she is , I shall be , too , some day . No , I would not live for ever on earth . " Richard sighed heavily . " The ...
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... thousands and thousands of years the torch I lit on this hilltop will be handed 78 CORNERTOWN CHRONICLES .
... thousands and thousands of years the torch I lit on this hilltop will be handed 78 CORNERTOWN CHRONICLES .
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... thousand years to receiving— namely , the superiority of women . Such a simple thing , and so easy to prove , but somehow men do not see it , and so these fair Amazons ( who usually dressed in men's clothes- meant , I suppose , as a ...
... thousand years to receiving— namely , the superiority of women . Such a simple thing , and so easy to prove , but somehow men do not see it , and so these fair Amazons ( who usually dressed in men's clothes- meant , I suppose , as a ...
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