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... eyes , the first I had shed in many years . Then I thought of sitting in quiet thickets in old fence corners , the wood behind me rising still , cool , mysterious , and the fields in front stretching away in illimitable pleasantness . I ...
... eyes , the first I had shed in many years . Then I thought of sitting in quiet thickets in old fence corners , the wood behind me rising still , cool , mysterious , and the fields in front stretching away in illimitable pleasantness . I ...
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... was an intrusion upon my property . Intrusion : and the Professor ! It is now unthinkable . I often passed the Car- pentry Shop on my way to town . I saw Baxter many times at his bench . Even then Baxter's eyes attracted me : 9 BUY A FARM.
... was an intrusion upon my property . Intrusion : and the Professor ! It is now unthinkable . I often passed the Car- pentry Shop on my way to town . I saw Baxter many times at his bench . Even then Baxter's eyes attracted me : 9 BUY A FARM.
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David Grayson. his bench . Even then Baxter's eyes attracted me : he always glanced up at me as I passed , and his look had in it something of a caress . So the home of Starkweather , standing aloof among its broad lawns and tall trees ...
David Grayson. his bench . Even then Baxter's eyes attracted me : he always glanced up at me as I passed , and his look had in it something of a caress . So the home of Starkweather , standing aloof among its broad lawns and tall trees ...
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... eye . It seemed appropriate that he should thus kneel to the earth . So he gathered his crop and fences did not keep ... eyes returned from some far journey . I felt at first out of focus , unplaced , and only gradually coming into view ...
... eye . It seemed appropriate that he should thus kneel to the earth . So he gathered his crop and fences did not keep ... eyes returned from some far journey . I felt at first out of focus , unplaced , and only gradually coming into view ...
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... eyes . And thus the sun went down and the purple mists crept silently along the distant low spots , and all the great , great mys- teries came and stood before me beckoning and questioning . They came and they stood , and out of the ...
... eyes . And thus the sun went down and the purple mists crept silently along the distant low spots , and all the great , great mys- teries came and stood before me beckoning and questioning . They came and they stood , and out of the ...
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