The Bells of St. John'sDoubleday, Page, 1920 - 57 pages |
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... hear - big and resonant . " Suppose we could get him off down at Grayling ? " she asked me . " To spend Christmas ? -and the day before and the day after ? " I whistled . " Why , Grayling's shut up , and boarded up , for the winter ...
... hear - big and resonant . " Suppose we could get him off down at Grayling ? " she asked me . " To spend Christmas ? -and the day before and the day after ? " I whistled . " Why , Grayling's shut up , and boarded up , for the winter ...
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... She slung the cape onto the settle , pulled off her gloves , and threw up both arms . " Oh , isn't this perfectly great ? " she sung out . " Hear the breakers roar outside , and feel the snugness of this- when we 17 The Bells of St. John's.
... She slung the cape onto the settle , pulled off her gloves , and threw up both arms . " Oh , isn't this perfectly great ? " she sung out . " Hear the breakers roar outside , and feel the snugness of this- when we 17 The Bells of St. John's.
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... to his special friends . I sneaked up after them , because I liked to hear the way she got on with him . One thing I noticed ' specially- she never seemed to avoid talking about things as if 18 The Bells of St. John's.
... to his special friends . I sneaked up after them , because I liked to hear the way she got on with him . One thing I noticed ' specially- she never seemed to avoid talking about things as if 18 The Bells of St. John's.
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... hear him call attention to it himself . " Is the fire smoking now ? " he asked her . She gave it a glance . " Not a bit , since you punched it . Well , who's to be the lucky boy to have this room ? " " Bim , I think , " he said . " He ...
... hear him call attention to it himself . " Is the fire smoking now ? " he asked her . She gave it a glance . " Not a bit , since you punched it . Well , who's to be the lucky boy to have this room ? " " Bim , I think , " he said . " He ...
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... going to break under the strain - but the clear , sure , bell - like kind , that can take the air and carry it safely over a roar of bass and bari- tone , so that you don't really hear any- thing 35 The Bells of St. John's.
... going to break under the strain - but the clear , sure , bell - like kind , that can take the air and carry it safely over a roar of bass and bari- tone , so that you don't really hear any- thing 35 The Bells of St. John's.
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