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... with a peculiar , friendly , reminiscent smile on his face I hasten with all ardour to anticipate him : " Horace , " I exclaim , “ you're a Farmer . " III THE JOY OF POSSESSION " How sweet the west 14 ADVENTURES OF DAVID GRAYSON.
... with a peculiar , friendly , reminiscent smile on his face I hasten with all ardour to anticipate him : " Horace , " I exclaim , “ you're a Farmer . " III THE JOY OF POSSESSION " How sweet the west 14 ADVENTURES OF DAVID GRAYSON.
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... face , evidently recalling to himself the old days . I did not interrupt him . Finally he turned to me and said abruptly , " And now - it seems to me - there is nothing but God . " As he said this he lifted his arm with a peculiar ...
... face , evidently recalling to himself the old days . I did not interrupt him . Finally he turned to me and said abruptly , " And now - it seems to me - there is nothing but God . " As he said this he lifted his arm with a peculiar ...
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... face and a sharp blue eye . I thought he seemed a businesslike young man . " Say , there , " he shouted , drawing up at my gate , " would you mind holding my horse a minute ? It's a cold morning and he's restless . " " Certainly not ...
... face and a sharp blue eye . I thought he seemed a businesslike young man . " Say , there , " he shouted , drawing up at my gate , " would you mind holding my horse a minute ? It's a cold morning and he's restless . " " Certainly not ...
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... face change , and his look deepen and the lips , usually so energetically tense , loosen with emotion . Surely no poem in all the language conveys so perfectly the simple love of the home , the quiet joys , hopes , pathos of those who ...
... face change , and his look deepen and the lips , usually so energetically tense , loosen with emotion . Surely no poem in all the language conveys so perfectly the simple love of the home , the quiet joys , hopes , pathos of those who ...
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... face of nature . For the next two or three evenings I let the axe - helve stand alone in the corner . I hardly looked at it , though once in a while , when occupied with some other work , I would remember , or rather half remember ...
... face of nature . For the next two or three evenings I let the axe - helve stand alone in the corner . I hardly looked at it , though once in a while , when occupied with some other work , I would remember , or rather half remember ...
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