Peculiar: A Tale of the Great TransitionCarleton, 1864 - 500 páginas |
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... five years on the sunny side . Fair ? Many persons would call her still beau- tiful . The features , though somewhat thin , show their fine Grecian outline . The hair is of a rich flaxen 1 CHAPTER PAGE I A GLANCE IN THE MIRROR.
... five years on the sunny side . Fair ? Many persons would call her still beau- tiful . The features , though somewhat thin , show their fine Grecian outline . The hair is of a rich flaxen 1 CHAPTER PAGE I A GLANCE IN THE MIRROR.
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... persons whose ef- forts in life are continual failures , from the fact that they cannot adapt themselves to circumstances , cannot persevere during the day of small things till their occupation , by gradual devel- opment , becomes ...
... persons whose ef- forts in life are continual failures , from the fact that they cannot adapt themselves to circumstances , cannot persevere during the day of small things till their occupation , by gradual devel- opment , becomes ...
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... person , to tell you all that I have endured and felt ! But this circum- stances have prevented . And now I am possessed with the idea that I never shall see you in this life again . And that is why I make these confessions . Your ...
... person , to tell you all that I have endured and felt ! But this circum- stances have prevented . And now I am possessed with the idea that I never shall see you in this life again . And that is why I make these confessions . Your ...
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... person , slow of apprehension , and rarely uttering a word , she had hitherto excited only his pity . But now she fell into trances during which she seemed to be a new and entirely different being . At his first interview with her when ...
... person , slow of apprehension , and rarely uttering a word , she had hitherto excited only his pity . But now she fell into trances during which she seemed to be a new and entirely different being . At his first interview with her when ...
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... person as if held by an invisible hand . * A bandore - a stringed musical instrument the name of which has been converted by the negroes into banjo hung on a nail in the wall . One moonlight evening , when no third person was present ...
... person as if held by an invisible hand . * A bandore - a stringed musical instrument the name of which has been converted by the negroes into banjo hung on a nail in the wall . One moonlight evening , when no third person was present ...
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Abolitionism Abolitionist arms Artful Dodger asked Aylesford barouche beautiful believe Berwick Berwick family Blake called Captain carriage Charles Charlton child Clara Colonel Delancy Hyde Colonel Hyde colored cried cui bono damned Yankee dear door dress drew Esha Estelle exclaimed eyes face father gentleman Gentry girl give hair hand heard heart hour hunderd hundred dollars Josephine Kenrick kiss Kunnle Laura letter look Madame Volney Maloney Massa minutes mother mulatto negro never nigger Number once Onslow Orleans passed Pat Maloney Peek Perdita person pocket Pompilard Pontiac poor quadroon Quattles Ratcliff replied returned Ripper Robson seemed Semmes slave slavery soon Street suddenly tell thar there's thought thousand dollars tion told took Toussaint Vance walked wife Wigman window Winslow woman words wounded Yankee
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