Selections from American Authors: A Reading Book for School and Home. Franklin, Adams, Cooper, LongfellowSamuel Eliot Taintor Brothers, Merrill & Company, 1879 - 410 pages |
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Page 43
... eyes of Miss Read , than I had done when she first happened to see me eating my roll in the street . I began now to have some acquaintance among the young people of the town that were lovers of read- ing , with whom I spent my evenings ...
... eyes of Miss Read , than I had done when she first happened to see me eating my roll in the street . I began now to have some acquaintance among the young people of the town that were lovers of read- ing , with whom I spent my evenings ...
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... eyes of the old grave pacific Quakers of Pennsylvania . You cannot conceive , my dear , the hurry of business , visits , cere- monies , which we are obliged to go through . We have a delicate course to steer between too much activity ...
... eyes of the old grave pacific Quakers of Pennsylvania . You cannot conceive , my dear , the hurry of business , visits , cere- monies , which we are obliged to go through . We have a delicate course to steer between too much activity ...
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... eyes , I must write a few lines to you . I never had in my life such severe duty to do , and was never worse qualified to do it . My eyes depress my spirits , and 1 Who had seized the fire - engines of Boston . 2 The name of Brutus's ...
... eyes , I must write a few lines to you . I never had in my life such severe duty to do , and was never worse qualified to do it . My eyes depress my spirits , and 1 Who had seized the fire - engines of Boston . 2 The name of Brutus's ...
Page 25
... eyes and better nerves than mine ; yet I will not despond . I will lay all difficulties prostrate at my feet . My health and life ought to be hazarded in the cause of my country , as well as yours , and all my friends . It is impossible ...
... eyes and better nerves than mine ; yet I will not despond . I will lay all difficulties prostrate at my feet . My health and life ought to be hazarded in the cause of my country , as well as yours , and all my friends . It is impossible ...
Page 42
... eyes . Angels guard and protect thee ; and may a safe return ere- long bless thy PORTIA . 21 . PHILADELPHIA , 7 July , 1775 . I have received your very agreeable favors of June 22 and 25. They contain more particulars than any letters I ...
... eyes . Angels guard and protect thee ; and may a safe return ere- long bless thy PORTIA . 21 . PHILADELPHIA , 7 July , 1775 . I have received your very agreeable favors of June 22 and 25. They contain more particulars than any letters I ...
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