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... asked , is corn com- pared with a friend ? Oh , I grew really oratorical ! I gave it as my opinion that there should be vines around the house ( Waste of time , said Horace ) , and that no farmer should permit anyone to paint medicine ...
... asked , is corn com- pared with a friend ? Oh , I grew really oratorical ! I gave it as my opinion that there should be vines around the house ( Waste of time , said Horace ) , and that no farmer should permit anyone to paint medicine ...
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... asked him . He listened , for the first time ceasing to dig , shake out and arrange his specimens . When I had stopped speaking he remained for a moment silent , then he looked at me with a new regard . Finally he quoted quietly , but ...
... asked him . He listened , for the first time ceasing to dig , shake out and arrange his specimens . When I had stopped speaking he remained for a moment silent , then he looked at me with a new regard . Finally he quoted quietly , but ...
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... asked some question and I distinctly heard . Harriet's answer : " He's down there . " The young man came back : his hat was tipped up , his quick eye darted over my grounds as though in a single instant he had appraised everything and ...
... asked some question and I distinctly heard . Harriet's answer : " He's down there . " The young man came back : his hat was tipped up , his quick eye darted over my grounds as though in a single instant he had appraised everything and ...
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... asked the agent , holding his book admiringly at arm's length . " This up here , ” he said , pointing to the illuminated cover , “ is the Muse of Poetry . She is scattering flowers - poems , you know . Fine idea , ain't it ? Colouring ...
... asked the agent , holding his book admiringly at arm's length . " This up here , ” he said , pointing to the illuminated cover , “ is the Muse of Poetry . She is scattering flowers - poems , you know . Fine idea , ain't it ? Colouring ...
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... asked , looking at him sharply . " Why do I sell them ? " and he looked still more perplexed . " To make money , of course ; same reason you raise corn . " " But here is wealth , " I said ,. ADVENTURES IN CONTENTMENT 31.
... asked , looking at him sharply . " Why do I sell them ? " and he looked still more perplexed . " To make money , of course ; same reason you raise corn . " " But here is wealth , " I said ,. ADVENTURES IN CONTENTMENT 31.
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