My brother's keeper, by Amy Lothrop. By miss WetherellGall & Inglis, 1855 - 300 pages |
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... aint he ? I shouldn't wonder if his horse was somethin ' more than common . done with him ? ' But he's come , anyway . What's to be ' Show him up here , Martha . ' And as the door closed , the young lady's eyes came back to the bed by ...
... aint he ? I shouldn't wonder if his horse was somethin ' more than common . done with him ? ' But he's come , anyway . What's to be ' Show him up here , Martha . ' And as the door closed , the young lady's eyes came back to the bed by ...
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... aint the least bit of squeak leather in my shoes , I can tell you , ' said Martha in a whisper , which low as it was penetrated to the remotest corner of the room . ' I could walk over hatching eggs and not scare the chickens Tom Skiddy ...
... aint the least bit of squeak leather in my shoes , I can tell you , ' said Martha in a whisper , which low as it was penetrated to the remotest corner of the room . ' I could walk over hatching eggs and not scare the chickens Tom Skiddy ...
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... aint a glove , but it kivers a person's hand just as well - some folks thinks better . ' ' O I know now , ' said Hulda - ' it's like a little bag with a thumb to it . ' ' Well I s'pose it does look considerable like that , ' said Martha ...
... aint a glove , but it kivers a person's hand just as well - some folks thinks better . ' ' O I know now , ' said Hulda - ' it's like a little bag with a thumb to it . ' ' Well I s'pose it does look considerable like that , ' said Martha ...
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... aint waked up , be you ? I guess it ' ll be some time afore I want mittens to sew in . These is for the militie . ' ' The militia ! ' said Hulda . ' Why they don't want mittens . ' ' Don't they though ? -then you know more about it than ...
... aint waked up , be you ? I guess it ' ll be some time afore I want mittens to sew in . These is for the militie . ' ' The militia ! ' said Hulda . ' Why they don't want mittens . ' ' Don't they though ? -then you know more about it than ...
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... aint got quite so far as that yet . - while I'm good to him , and he's pretty good to himself . That's about the state of the case . Only I may as well give the mittens to the first militie - man that comes handy ; in- stead of sending ...
... aint got quite so far as that yet . - while I'm good to him , and he's pretty good to himself . That's about the state of the case . Only I may as well give the mittens to the first militie - man that comes handy ; in- stead of sending ...
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