Cornertown Chronicles: New Legends of Old Lore. [With Illustrations.]Griffith and Farran, 1880 - 256 pages |
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... never had been , and never would be , it was all right , and Wood Street went to take tea with Meadow Street in as affable a manner as if there were no such thing as gentility in the world . What would have happened if Meadow Street had ...
... never had been , and never would be , it was all right , and Wood Street went to take tea with Meadow Street in as affable a manner as if there were no such thing as gentility in the world . What would have happened if Meadow Street had ...
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... never stirred from the back garden . Then there was the well . You went down to it by two steps , and there it lay in an or- namental niche , which looked as if it were meant for a statue scooped out of the wall , cool and clear , deep ...
... never stirred from the back garden . Then there was the well . You went down to it by two steps , and there it lay in an or- namental niche , which looked as if it were meant for a statue scooped out of the wall , cool and clear , deep ...
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... never did . No ; there is a difference between watching with clear and loving , perhaps smiling and amused , but always tender eyes , the sacred mysteries of human nature , and making them subjects for jokes , whispers , and tea- table ...
... never did . No ; there is a difference between watching with clear and loving , perhaps smiling and amused , but always tender eyes , the sacred mysteries of human nature , and making them subjects for jokes , whispers , and tea- table ...
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... never called anything else but the little old maid . She had once lived at the very bottom of Meadow Street , but had gradually worked her way up till she had arrived at the distinction of living in a garret which overlooked one of the ...
... never called anything else but the little old maid . She had once lived at the very bottom of Meadow Street , but had gradually worked her way up till she had arrived at the distinction of living in a garret which overlooked one of the ...
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... never smelt before , and which seems to put all sorts of fancies into my head . It is wonderful , certainly . " And the little old maid mused and looked at the flowers , and even nodded and smiled at them , as if they were old friends ...
... never smelt before , and which seems to put all sorts of fancies into my head . It is wonderful , certainly . " And the little old maid mused and looked at the flowers , and even nodded and smiled at them , as if they were old friends ...
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