Scribner's Magazine ..., Volume 18C. Scribner's sons, 1895 |
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... night set- tles down , and the spirits who own the night are again making themselves felt to the listening ear , the last speech is only reiterating the first speech , that the New York Athletic is devoted to pure amateur athletics ...
... night set- tles down , and the spirits who own the night are again making themselves felt to the listening ear , the last speech is only reiterating the first speech , that the New York Athletic is devoted to pure amateur athletics ...
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... night ; and then has seen the crimson clouds slowly change to a deep rich purple such as only the combined presence ... nights In the Library can make , rising over the ridge of Owl's Head so near that the first sight of it is ...
... night ; and then has seen the crimson clouds slowly change to a deep rich purple such as only the combined presence ... nights In the Library can make , rising over the ridge of Owl's Head so near that the first sight of it is ...
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... night . But it do ' appen , as lasst night Timothy took forty - one pound o ' John Borroful's money out o ' that box , an ' got off - clean . I'm sorry if yer don't like it — but I can't ' elp that ; yo ' listen ' ere . " And lifting a ...
... night . But it do ' appen , as lasst night Timothy took forty - one pound o ' John Borroful's money out o ' that box , an ' got off - clean . I'm sorry if yer don't like it — but I can't ' elp that ; yo ' listen ' ere . " And lifting a ...
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... night . As he reached the well and hung over it , he heard , or thought he heard , a groan , a beating of the water -then no more . Isaac's shouts for help attracted the notice of a neighbor who was sitting up with her daughter and a ...
... night . As he reached the well and hung over it , he heard , or thought he heard , a groan , a beating of the water -then no more . Isaac's shouts for help attracted the notice of a neighbor who was sitting up with her daughter and a ...
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... night was over , and already a milder breeze was beginning to melt the newly fallen snow . sun was striking cheerfully from the hill behind him upon the glistening surfaces of the distant fields ; the old laborer felt a hint of spring ...
... night was over , and already a milder breeze was beginning to melt the newly fallen snow . sun was striking cheerfully from the hill behind him upon the glistening surfaces of the distant fields ; the old laborer felt a hint of spring ...
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