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... he had seen set fire to the woods about his path , tear up the earth under his feet , and shatter the very sky over his head ; or some other shadowy quiet place , or smooth hill - top where the 6 STORIES OF AMERICAN LIFE .
... he had seen set fire to the woods about his path , tear up the earth under his feet , and shatter the very sky over his head ; or some other shadowy quiet place , or smooth hill - top where the 6 STORIES OF AMERICAN LIFE .
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... heads , if they were ever registered by the painter , or per- petuated in marble , would be a biography of them- selves , and a history of their time . He would look upon them as he would upon the armour and bones of buried giants ...
... heads , if they were ever registered by the painter , or per- petuated in marble , would be a biography of them- selves , and a history of their time . He would look upon them as he would upon the armour and bones of buried giants ...
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... head - sachem of all the Narragansetts . He had ventured down from the northern wilder- ness toward Seaconck , near the seat of Philip , in 1676 , to procure seed corn to plant the towns which the English had deserted on Connecticut ...
... head - sachem of all the Narragansetts . He had ventured down from the northern wilder- ness toward Seaconck , near the seat of Philip , in 1676 , to procure seed corn to plant the towns which the English had deserted on Connecticut ...
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... head right into my face , and showin ' all his teeth . So I gives him another pull for that . ' You know me now , ' said he . No , says I , who the devil are you ? How came you here — I was all out o ' breath . ' No speak um dat now ...
... head right into my face , and showin ' all his teeth . So I gives him another pull for that . ' You know me now , ' said he . No , says I , who the devil are you ? How came you here — I was all out o ' breath . ' No speak um dat now ...
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... head fust , by sich a feller as that , like a sheep with a gag in her mouth . You know me now ? ' said he once more , feelin ' my throat as if he had n't quite made up his mind whether to wipe his knife across it or no , an ' lookin ...
... head fust , by sich a feller as that , like a sheep with a gag in her mouth . You know me now ? ' said he once more , feelin ' my throat as if he had n't quite made up his mind whether to wipe his knife across it or no , an ' lookin ...
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