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... means for a man to stop and look up from his task . So I stood , and I looked up and down with a glow and a thrill ... mean little here . Sometimes it seems to me as though I saw men naked . They come and stand beside my oak , and the ...
... means for a man to stop and look up from his task . So I stood , and I looked up and down with a glow and a thrill ... mean little here . Sometimes it seems to me as though I saw men naked . They come and stand beside my oak , and the ...
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... mean to me all that it does now . Hereditaments ! May there be many of them — or it ! Is it not a fine Providence that gives us different things to love ? In the purchase of my farm both Horace and I got the better of the bargain — and ...
... mean to me all that it does now . Hereditaments ! May there be many of them — or it ! Is it not a fine Providence that gives us different things to love ? In the purchase of my farm both Horace and I got the better of the bargain — and ...
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... mean ? Why , nature trying one of her endless experiments . She sows here broadly , trying to produce better cone - flowers . A few she plants on the edge of the field in the hope that they may escape the plow . If they grow , better ...
... mean ? Why , nature trying one of her endless experiments . She sows here broadly , trying to produce better cone - flowers . A few she plants on the edge of the field in the hope that they may escape the plow . If they grow , better ...
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... time , the agent and I , and when he finally rose to go , I said : " Well , I've sold you a new book . " " I see now , mister , what you mean . " I went down the path with him and began to 34 ADVENTURES OF DAVID GRAYSON.
... time , the agent and I , and when he finally rose to go , I said : " Well , I've sold you a new book . " " I see now , mister , what you mean . " I went down the path with him and began to 34 ADVENTURES OF DAVID GRAYSON.
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... required to make a good axe - helve — I mean to make it according to one's standard . I had times of humorous discouragement and times of high elation . " Let my axe fall " AN ARGUMENT WITH A MILLIONNAIRE. ADVENTURES IN CONTENTMENT 43 133.
... required to make a good axe - helve — I mean to make it according to one's standard . I had times of humorous discouragement and times of high elation . " Let my axe fall " AN ARGUMENT WITH A MILLIONNAIRE. ADVENTURES IN CONTENTMENT 43 133.
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