Ruling the roast, Volume 2Chapman and Hall, 1874 |
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... harp to trust footsteps more tardy than her own . She walked well and independently in tall pattens in a general way , but she twisted her ankles that evening in the hurry of her pace , the ring of the patten slipping off a round stone ...
... harp to trust footsteps more tardy than her own . She walked well and independently in tall pattens in a general way , but she twisted her ankles that evening in the hurry of her pace , the ring of the patten slipping off a round stone ...
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... and sore throat , or thought he had— which produced the same effect - Myra did read them . Myra worked away at the harp case with chisel and hammer . At length she had raised all the nails , but the cover of one RULING THE ROAST . 5.
... and sore throat , or thought he had— which produced the same effect - Myra did read them . Myra worked away at the harp case with chisel and hammer . At length she had raised all the nails , but the cover of one RULING THE ROAST . 5.
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... harp at the very moment when she expected that it would flash on her in all its beauty , but she took Susan's advice , knowing that Peath , if kept waiting , would be " nursing his wrath to keep it warm , " whilst the mutton was getting ...
... harp at the very moment when she expected that it would flash on her in all its beauty , but she took Susan's advice , knowing that Peath , if kept waiting , would be " nursing his wrath to keep it warm , " whilst the mutton was getting ...
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... harp , she had forgotten to suggest to Peath that his congregation , being an old- fashioned one , would not understand the jerking shriek at the conclusion of every sentence . She flushed all over , thinking how she had neglected a ...
... harp , she had forgotten to suggest to Peath that his congregation , being an old- fashioned one , would not understand the jerking shriek at the conclusion of every sentence . She flushed all over , thinking how she had neglected a ...
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... ran off when she had said this , to permit no reply . She felt her temper becoming rebellious , and sought safety in flight . There was that terrible harp case lying against the kitchen dresser . Neither of the women RULING THE ROAST . 13.
... ran off when she had said this , to permit no reply . She felt her temper becoming rebellious , and sought safety in flight . There was that terrible harp case lying against the kitchen dresser . Neither of the women RULING THE ROAST . 13.
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Page 141 - Saves the small inventory, bed and stool, Skillet and old carved chest, from public sale. They live, and live without extorted alms From grudging hands ; but other boast have none To...
Page 1 - Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, And merrily hent\ the stile- a : A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a.