The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, Volume 3G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 - Literature |
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... door of the Thingvellir parsonage , for Jorgen's company were the parson's guests . He held out the champion's belt to her and said , " Take it back , for if I keep it the man and his kinsmen will follow me all the days of my life ...
... door of the Thingvellir parsonage , for Jorgen's company were the parson's guests . He held out the champion's belt to her and said , " Take it back , for if I keep it the man and his kinsmen will follow me all the days of my life ...
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... door , and , returning presently , asked if Jorgen was sure that his daughter was in the house . Certain of it he was , for she was ill , and the days were deepening to winter . But for all his assurance , Jorgen sprang up from his seat ...
... door , and , returning presently , asked if Jorgen was sure that his daughter was in the house . Certain of it he was , for she was ill , and the days were deepening to winter . But for all his assurance , Jorgen sprang up from his seat ...
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... doors again , " she said , " I will starve on a crust of bread and a drop of water . " Things did not mend , and Stephen began to cast down his eyes in shame when Rachel looked at him . Never a word of blame she spoke , but he ...
... doors again , " she said , " I will starve on a crust of bread and a drop of water . " Things did not mend , and Stephen began to cast down his eyes in shame when Rachel looked at him . Never a word of blame she spoke , but he ...
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... door . His mother accepted with cheerfulness the duty of breadwinner to her son , but Rachel's helplessness chafed her . For all her fine fingering the girl could finger nothing that would fill the pot . " A pretty wife you've brought ...
... door . His mother accepted with cheerfulness the duty of breadwinner to her son , but Rachel's helplessness chafed her . For all her fine fingering the girl could finger nothing that would fill the pot . " A pretty wife you've brought ...
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... door , and Stephen reeled into the house drunk . The old woman awoke and laughed . Rachel grew faint and sank to a seat . Stephen dropped to his knees on the ground before her , and in a maudlin cry went on to tell of how he had thought ...
... door , and Stephen reeled into the house drunk . The old woman awoke and laughed . Rachel grew faint and sank to a seat . Stephen dropped to his knees on the ground before her , and in a maudlin cry went on to tell of how he had thought ...
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