The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather ...Houghton Mifflin, 1940 - United States |
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... Back Creek and Timber Ridge and Hayfield never forgot that he was not one of themselves . He was silent and uncommuni- cative ( a trait they didn't like ) , and his lack of a South- ern accent amounted almost to a foreign accent . His ...
... Back Creek and Timber Ridge and Hayfield never forgot that he was not one of themselves . He was silent and uncommuni- cative ( a trait they didn't like ) , and his lack of a South- ern accent amounted almost to a foreign accent . His ...
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... Back Creek : ' Folks back home says it seem like Missy an ' Mr. Henry wasn't scarcely ac- quainted befo ' de weddin ' , nor very close acquainted evah since . Him bein ' kep ' so close at de mill , ' she would add suavely . Since she ...
... Back Creek : ' Folks back home says it seem like Missy an ' Mr. Henry wasn't scarcely ac- quainted befo ' de weddin ' , nor very close acquainted evah since . Him bein ' kep ' so close at de mill , ' she would add suavely . Since she ...
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... Back Creek post - office , where a spare room was kept for travellers . Sapphira unpacked her saddle - bags and set- tled herself for a stay of several days . She rode all over the Mill Farm and the timber land ; had a friendly in ...
... Back Creek post - office , where a spare room was kept for travellers . Sapphira unpacked her saddle - bags and set- tled herself for a stay of several days . She rode all over the Mill Farm and the timber land ; had a friendly in ...
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