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... waited , watch- ed , and prayed , doubtless , for relief , till his money was spent , and his shoes worn out , and his coat thread- bare ; I alternated between imbecility and fury ; Bar- ney even was overcome , and sent word begging to ...
... waited , watch- ed , and prayed , doubtless , for relief , till his money was spent , and his shoes worn out , and his coat thread- bare ; I alternated between imbecility and fury ; Bar- ney even was overcome , and sent word begging to ...
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... waited in vain . His lady - love had not failed of her promises , however , but , after her mother had retired , and by her loud snoring attested the profundity of her repose , she quietly descended the stairs , opened the front door ...
... waited in vain . His lady - love had not failed of her promises , however , but , after her mother had retired , and by her loud snoring attested the profundity of her repose , she quietly descended the stairs , opened the front door ...
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... waited and waited , fearing let suspicions might have been aroused , or resolution have failed ; amid the noise of blustering winds and falling leaves he thought he heard a cry of distress , and , at last be- coming uneasy , determined ...
... waited and waited , fearing let suspicions might have been aroused , or resolution have failed ; amid the noise of blustering winds and falling leaves he thought he heard a cry of distress , and , at last be- coming uneasy , determined ...
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... waited for even a shower - in vain that I scan- ned the sky at sunrise or sunset , watched the wind , or consulted the weather - wise . Clouds ceased to be the harbingers of rain ; a threatening sunset only insured a cloudless morrow ...
... waited for even a shower - in vain that I scan- ned the sky at sunrise or sunset , watched the wind , or consulted the weather - wise . Clouds ceased to be the harbingers of rain ; a threatening sunset only insured a cloudless morrow ...
Página 138
... waited in daily expectation . He had managed to dig up the ground by the liberal use of a pickaxe and crowbar ; but the sunshiny days were a trial to him . " Shure I'm thinkin it's never going to rain agin 138 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
... waited in daily expectation . He had managed to dig up the ground by the liberal use of a pickaxe and crowbar ; but the sunshiny days were a trial to him . " Shure I'm thinkin it's never going to rain agin 138 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
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