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Page 80
... boards , bricks , lime , and all the endless list of etceteras which carpenters and masons take care to scatter on all sides , to give an air of importance to their business . The floors were uncarpeted , and the windows were hung with ...
... boards , bricks , lime , and all the endless list of etceteras which carpenters and masons take care to scatter on all sides , to give an air of importance to their business . The floors were uncarpeted , and the windows were hung with ...
Page 141
... Board- man's . Here we found a collection of women busily occupied in preparing the quilt , which you may be sure was a curiosity to me . They had stretched the lining on a frame , and were now laying fleecy cotton on it with much ...
... Board- man's . Here we found a collection of women busily occupied in preparing the quilt , which you may be sure was a curiosity to me . They had stretched the lining on a frame , and were now laying fleecy cotton on it with much ...
Page 144
... finish it before tea . These offers fell rather coldly , however , for a real tea - drinker does not feel very good humoured just before tea . So Mr. Board- man drove four stout nails in the rafters over - 144 FOREST LIFE .
... finish it before tea . These offers fell rather coldly , however , for a real tea - drinker does not feel very good humoured just before tea . So Mr. Board- man drove four stout nails in the rafters over - 144 FOREST LIFE .
Page 145
... boards laid upon carpenters ' horses , ' — and this was covered with a variety of table cloths , all shining clean however , and care- fully disposed . The whole table array was equally various , the contributions , I pre- sume , of ...
... boards laid upon carpenters ' horses , ' — and this was covered with a variety of table cloths , all shining clean however , and care- fully disposed . The whole table array was equally various , the contributions , I pre- sume , of ...
Page 156
... board an Irishman . There's no whoa to her when once she gits a going upon pork ! ' " And our friend took up his lightning and departed without the ceremony of good morning . " As I was showing Mr. Ellis the piece of land which I intend ...
... board an Irishman . There's no whoa to her when once she gits a going upon pork ! ' " And our friend took up his lightning and departed without the ceremony of good morning . " As I was showing Mr. Ellis the piece of land which I intend ...
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