Annals of a Fishing Village: Drawn from the Notes of "A Son of the Marshes"W. Blackwood, 1891 - 289 pages |
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... walked along . Under the brim of his sou ' - wester , which was much too large for him , curls of brown hair showed on his forehead ; and his merry blue eyes were full of life and mischief as he talked to his companion . " Winder " was ...
... walked along . Under the brim of his sou ' - wester , which was much too large for him , curls of brown hair showed on his forehead ; and his merry blue eyes were full of life and mischief as he talked to his companion . " Winder " was ...
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... walked more sedately up the stony street to his kinsman's impos- ing - looking house and business premises . As I said before , Denzil's father came of a very good old Huguenot stock ; that business had been in the hands of his ...
... walked more sedately up the stony street to his kinsman's impos- ing - looking house and business premises . As I said before , Denzil's father came of a very good old Huguenot stock ; that business had been in the hands of his ...
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... walked . Will he ever forget that scene ? First came the men in their heavy fishermen's boots and guern- seys - bronzed , well set , stalwart figures many of them ; after them walked the women , followed by the lasses without bonnets ...
... walked . Will he ever forget that scene ? First came the men in their heavy fishermen's boots and guern- seys - bronzed , well set , stalwart figures many of them ; after them walked the women , followed by the lasses without bonnets ...
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... walked a vessel's deck . On one memorable Christmas - day morning he stood up to address his class of boys on the subject of the Nativity of the Lord Jesus Christ . By common consent the rest of the teachers stayed their teaching in ...
... walked a vessel's deck . On one memorable Christmas - day morning he stood up to address his class of boys on the subject of the Nativity of the Lord Jesus Christ . By common consent the rest of the teachers stayed their teaching in ...
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... walked slowly along towards the church , that he was going to bury them . The village lads always said that young Titlark's life was rendered bitter to him by the fact that he had to polish that shovel and pick every Saturday , when he ...
... walked slowly along towards the church , that he was going to bury them . The village lads always said that young Titlark's life was rendered bitter to him by the fact that he had to polish that shovel and pick every Saturday , when he ...
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