Scribners Monthly, Volume 15Scribner & Company, 1878 |
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... keep my teeth from chattering . A gray light stole across the eastern sky and I began to see the canards riding at anchor in front of our blind . I was undeniably cold , and it was all I could do to keep from confessing to myself that I ...
... keep my teeth from chattering . A gray light stole across the eastern sky and I began to see the canards riding at anchor in front of our blind . I was undeniably cold , and it was all I could do to keep from confessing to myself that I ...
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... keep up the supply . The negroes are credited with having been the first to bring the virtues of the terrapin to notice . They cooked , and still cook it by placing it alive among the hot coals. CANVAS - BACK AND TERRAPIN . II.
... keep up the supply . The negroes are credited with having been the first to bring the virtues of the terrapin to notice . They cooked , and still cook it by placing it alive among the hot coals. CANVAS - BACK AND TERRAPIN . II.
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... keep their balance and to avoid slipping , and then , before they knew it , up would go their feet , and down they would tumble , head foremost , into the water , amid yells and screams of laughter from the excited crowds on shore . But ...
... keep their balance and to avoid slipping , and then , before they knew it , up would go their feet , and down they would tumble , head foremost , into the water , amid yells and screams of laughter from the excited crowds on shore . But ...
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... keep alive during our terrible and decept- ive winter weather , but who , under the blue skies of the Bahamas , are happy as kings and are out - of - doors all day . At times there is a good deal of moisture in the air , especially at ...
... keep alive during our terrible and decept- ive winter weather , but who , under the blue skies of the Bahamas , are happy as kings and are out - of - doors all day . At times there is a good deal of moisture in the air , especially at ...
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... keep the soul in the body , are glad to get any shelter in which to keep the body itself . The fewness of their chattels made removals easy , and since they were , most of them , amphibious creat- ures , they had no morbid dread of a ...
... keep the soul in the body , are glad to get any shelter in which to keep the body itself . The fewness of their chattels made removals easy , and since they were , most of them , amphibious creat- ures , they had no morbid dread of a ...
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Page 429 - THIS is the month, and this the happy morn, Wherein the Son of Heaven's eternal King, Of wedded Maid, and Virgin Mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring...
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Page 396 - I shall correct the procedure ; but that done, return with joy to that state of things, when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution ? I tender you the homage of my high respect.
Page 448 - Noah kep' a-nailin' an' a-chippin' an' a-sawin'; An' all de wicked neighbors kep' a-laughin' an' a-pshawin' ; But Noah didn't min' 'em, knowin' whut wuz gwine to happen: An' forty days an' forty nights de rain it kep' a-drappin'. Now, Noah had done cotched a lot ob ebry sort o' beas'es — Ob all de shows a-trabbelin', it beat 'em all to pieces ! He had a Morgan colt an' sebral head o' Jarsey cattle — An' druv 'em 'board de Ark as soon's he heered de thunder rattle.
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Page 259 - may go and play," While I manage the world by myself. But harness me down with your iron bands, Be sure of your curb and rein, For I scorn the strength of your puny hands As the tempest scorns a chain.