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Page 2
... it , make passing travellers fancy they are coming upon a rising village in the deep woods . A fine young orchard adorns the sloping bank behind the house ; whole rows of peach and cherry trees border the ample door 2 FOREST LIFE .
... it , make passing travellers fancy they are coming upon a rising village in the deep woods . A fine young orchard adorns the sloping bank behind the house ; whole rows of peach and cherry trees border the ample door 2 FOREST LIFE .
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... young lady herself had already begun to verify in part her father's sagacity , by exhibiting , on proper occasions , a very sufficient share of those airs which young ladies sometimes mistake for graces . In an especial degree did she ...
... young lady herself had already begun to verify in part her father's sagacity , by exhibiting , on proper occasions , a very sufficient share of those airs which young ladies sometimes mistake for graces . In an especial degree did she ...
Page 8
... young gentleman in the blue jeans , who sits next Mr. Rice , being particularly interested in my story , must have a para- graph to himself . Seymour Bullitt was , at the time when I first saw him , one of the most awkward and clumsy ...
... young gentleman in the blue jeans , who sits next Mr. Rice , being particularly interested in my story , must have a para- graph to himself . Seymour Bullitt was , at the time when I first saw him , one of the most awkward and clumsy ...
Page 9
... young man was the son of a " fore- handed " farmer , who had half a dozen such , and who , being a prudent man and a wi- dower , had sent Seymour ( by the by , a favourite name with us , and usually pro- nounced " Simmer , " ) to learn ...
... young man was the son of a " fore- handed " farmer , who had half a dozen such , and who , being a prudent man and a wi- dower , had sent Seymour ( by the by , a favourite name with us , and usually pro- nounced " Simmer , " ) to learn ...
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... twisting , kept him absolutely mute . Of course the young ladies did not like him . That Tom Rice was a torment , to be sure ; and to see the ease with which he laughed and talked with Caroline Hay , and the smiles 10 FOREST LIFE .
... twisting , kept him absolutely mute . Of course the young ladies did not like him . That Tom Rice was a torment , to be sure ; and to see the ease with which he laughed and talked with Caroline Hay , and the smiles 10 FOREST LIFE .
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