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... learned in cows . In fact , he was learned in most farming matters , and , being naturally proud of his adopted village , and interested in my success in em- igrating thither , gave me throughout his valuable ad- vice and assistance ...
... learned in cows . In fact , he was learned in most farming matters , and , being naturally proud of his adopted village , and interested in my success in em- igrating thither , gave me throughout his valuable ad- vice and assistance ...
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... learned to cheat , and the hackmen imitated their fellows . Population di- minished , building lots were worthless , and one half the houses were vacant . But the inhabitants were a Scriptural people , and , remembering how the patri ...
... learned to cheat , and the hackmen imitated their fellows . Population di- minished , building lots were worthless , and one half the houses were vacant . But the inhabitants were a Scriptural people , and , remembering how the patri ...
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... learned that a stranger was about bringing a house from Nantucket . The Gazette entered into the sub- ject with spirited hilarity , hoping that it would move faster than the " pattern house , " and wondering whether it would sail down ...
... learned that a stranger was about bringing a house from Nantucket . The Gazette entered into the sub- ject with spirited hilarity , hoping that it would move faster than the " pattern house , " and wondering whether it would sail down ...
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... learned the hab- its of American children , consented to an elopement with her lover ; the time was set , the hour arrived . It was a bright moonlight night , the seventh of October , in the year eighteen hundred and no matter what ; a ...
... learned the hab- its of American children , consented to an elopement with her lover ; the time was set , the hour arrived . It was a bright moonlight night , the seventh of October , in the year eighteen hundred and no matter what ; a ...
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... learned to like dirty , water . I have always had a weakness for water . Whisky is the natural Ameri- can drink ; lager bier is admirably suited to the Teu- tonic mistinesss of intellect ; the frothy Champagne is adapted to the volatile ...
... learned to like dirty , water . I have always had a weakness for water . Whisky is the natural Ameri- can drink ; lager bier is admirably suited to the Teu- tonic mistinesss of intellect ; the frothy Champagne is adapted to the volatile ...
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