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... hand , and says : “ Look at it gentlemen , and ladies all ; take ahold of it ; shake it . There's a hand that was the hand of a hog ; but it ain't so no more ; it's the hand of a man that's started in on a new life , and ' ll die before ...
... hand , and says : “ Look at it gentlemen , and ladies all ; take ahold of it ; shake it . There's a hand that was the hand of a hog ; but it ain't so no more ; it's the hand of a man that's started in on a new life , and ' ll die before ...
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... hand but my brother there - so he copies for me . It's his hand you've got there , not mine . " " Well ! " says the lawyer , " this is a state of things . I've got some of William's letters too ; so if you'll get him to write a line or ...
... hand but my brother there - so he copies for me . It's his hand you've got there , not mine . " " Well ! " says the lawyer , " this is a state of things . I've got some of William's letters too ; so if you'll get him to write a line or ...
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... hand as he waded . He was certain he could catch small trout in the shallows , but he did not want them . There would be no big trout in the shallows this time of day . Now the water deepened up his thighs sharply and coldly . Ahead was ...
... hand as he waded . He was certain he could catch small trout in the shallows , but he did not want them . There would be no big trout in the shallows this time of day . Now the water deepened up his thighs sharply and coldly . Ahead was ...
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Pioneers of the Modern | 1855 |
Song of Myself | 1861 |
Children of Adam | 1908 |
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