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... garden ; thick screens of wild grape and honeysuckle over- shadow the porch and drapery the " square- room " windows . When you enter , you find bare but well- scrubbed floors ; the only exception being found in the aforesaid " square ...
... garden ; thick screens of wild grape and honeysuckle over- shadow the porch and drapery the " square- room " windows . When you enter , you find bare but well- scrubbed floors ; the only exception being found in the aforesaid " square ...
Page 48
... garden with rapid steps , endeavouring to regain his wonted calmness after a night of watchfulness and great distress of mind . Mrs. Thurston was now sleeping quietly , and her physicians were awaiting with soli- citude the result of ...
... garden with rapid steps , endeavouring to regain his wonted calmness after a night of watchfulness and great distress of mind . Mrs. Thurston was now sleeping quietly , and her physicians were awaiting with soli- citude the result of ...
Page 89
... garden for Charlotte's especial and here her school - books and her " baby- things " were bestowed , - the arbour ... gardens and shrubberies that are not duly cared for . Horses exact the most odious regularity in feeding and currying ...
... garden for Charlotte's especial and here her school - books and her " baby- things " were bestowed , - the arbour ... gardens and shrubberies that are not duly cared for . Horses exact the most odious regularity in feeding and currying ...
Page 92
... garden at his wife's solicitation . The care of horses has its disagreeables ; but he could generally hire some kind of a biped who would attend to the ponies after his own fashion ; and for the rest — did not the daily drive with ...
... garden at his wife's solicitation . The care of horses has its disagreeables ; but he could generally hire some kind of a biped who would attend to the ponies after his own fashion ; and for the rest — did not the daily drive with ...
Page 130
... garden should have been at least laid out and partly planted this summer , but I fear the lack of suitable labourers will be in the way . I have a strong desire to make an experiment in the manufacture of sugar from the stalks of Indian ...
... garden should have been at least laid out and partly planted this summer , but I fear the lack of suitable labourers will be in the way . I have a strong desire to make an experiment in the manufacture of sugar from the stalks of Indian ...
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