The Land of Long AgoLittle, Brown, 1909 - 295 страница Another installment of short stories constructed from the material in the memory of Aunt Jane of Kentucky. In this volume the entertaining narrator of Sally Anne's experiences gives her opinion among other things on the subject of divorce. |
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... Abram used to come on county - court days and circus days . And there's the old men sittin ' around that stove . They've been there for the last twenty - five years , and they'll be there till death comes along and picks ' em up and ...
... Abram used to come on county - court days and circus days . And there's the old men sittin ' around that stove . They've been there for the last twenty - five years , and they'll be there till death comes along and picks ' em up and ...
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... Abram was there , for the country churches and the town churches was friendlier then than they are now . If the Goshen church was without a preacher Brother Wilson'd come out every third Sunday and preach for us , and if the weather and ...
... Abram was there , for the country churches and the town churches was friendlier then than they are now . If the Goshen church was without a preacher Brother Wilson'd come out every third Sunday and preach for us , and if the weather and ...
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... Abram and me . But their manners and their language , the we didn't have . Abram was jest as Squire Schuyler , but he couldn't take lady the way the squire could , and used to twistin ' the men round her life , 83.
... Abram and me . But their manners and their language , the we didn't have . Abram was jest as Squire Schuyler , but he couldn't take lady the way the squire could , and used to twistin ' the men round her life , 83.
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... Abram used to call ' clover and blue - grass time , ' and if you are a Kentuckian , you'll thank God , and if you ain't a Ken- tuckian , you'll wish you was . 66 There's a heap of good to be got out of travelin ' , honey . One thing is ...
... Abram used to call ' clover and blue - grass time , ' and if you are a Kentuckian , you'll thank God , and if you ain't a Ken- tuckian , you'll wish you was . 66 There's a heap of good to be got out of travelin ' , honey . One thing is ...
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... Abram laid down his ax and says he : ' Jane , I can't do it . I'll cut the sprouts down , but don't ask me to cut down a tree that looks that way when the wind blows . ' And the old poplar stood , honey , till it was struck by lightnin ...
... Abram laid down his ax and says he : ' Jane , I can't do it . I'll cut the sprouts down , but don't ask me to cut down a tree that looks that way when the wind blows . ' And the old poplar stood , honey , till it was struck by lightnin ...
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Abram ain't Amos asked Aunt Jane bein bell Bible blowin boys Brother Wilson buggy callin child comin cryin David and Jonathan doctor doin Emmeline evenin eyes father flowers folks gittin give givin goin Goshen grandma gyirl Hamilton hands Hannah havin hear heard heart Henrietta Henry holler honey horse Jane's John Calvin Jonathan Judge Grace Kentucky Land of Long laughed laughin live livin looked lookin Lord's Prayer mare married Martin Luther meetin mighty Milly minute Miss Amaryllis MISS PENELOPE mornin Mother never night nothin Parson preacher pretty reckon ricollect RIDE TO TOWN Rizpah Sam Amos sayin says Sempronia somethin spring Squire Schuyler standin stop talk talkin tell there's things thou thought told took trees tryin turned Uncle Billy watch-meetin we're goin weddin WEDDING FEE woman women words yonder young
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Страница 161 - And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him ; breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
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