The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather ...Houghton Mifflin, 1940 - United States |
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... looked older - looked so much like Henry Colbert that it was not hard to guess she was his daughter . The same set of the head , enduring yet determined , the broad , highly coloured face , the fleshy nose , anchored deeply at the ...
... looked older - looked so much like Henry Colbert that it was not hard to guess she was his daughter . The same set of the head , enduring yet determined , the broad , highly coloured face , the fleshy nose , anchored deeply at the ...
Page 61
... looked up again , he spoke quietly . any anger ' Of course the blacks on this place belong to you , and I have never interfered with your management of them . But I warn you , Sapphira , that I will not have of the wenches coming down ...
... looked up again , he spoke quietly . any anger ' Of course the blacks on this place belong to you , and I have never interfered with your management of them . But I warn you , Sapphira , that I will not have of the wenches coming down ...
Page 93
... looked very like an ox , but the doctor looked kind and shrewd . He fumbled in his pocket and brought out a deerskin pouch , from which he took two squares of maple sugar . One he put in his own mouth , and smacked his lips . The other ...
... looked very like an ox , but the doctor looked kind and shrewd . He fumbled in his pocket and brought out a deerskin pouch , from which he took two squares of maple sugar . One he put in his own mouth , and smacked his lips . The other ...
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