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... side came up from Plymouth County , in Masachusetts , when a young man , in the year 1773 , and chose a farm on a commanding site overlooking an extensive prospect , cut down the trees on a part of it , and built a house of square logs ...
... side came up from Plymouth County , in Masachusetts , when a young man , in the year 1773 , and chose a farm on a commanding site overlooking an extensive prospect , cut down the trees on a part of it , and built a house of square logs ...
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... side , hastily raised him up . He was unconscious , and I supposed that he was dead . Ice - water was immediately applied to his head , and , with the assistance of a neighbor's son and the servants , he was carried into the parlor and ...
... side , hastily raised him up . He was unconscious , and I supposed that he was dead . Ice - water was immediately applied to his head , and , with the assistance of a neighbor's son and the servants , he was carried into the parlor and ...
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... side , And slipped from heaven on an ebbing tide ! What does he think of his mother's eyes ? What does he think of his mother's hair ? What of the cradle - roof , that flies Forward and backward through the air ? What does he think of ...
... side , And slipped from heaven on an ebbing tide ! What does he think of his mother's eyes ? What does he think of his mother's hair ? What of the cradle - roof , that flies Forward and backward through the air ? What does he think of ...
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... side , Haunting my walks , while summer - day was dying ; Nor leaving in thy turn , but pleased to glide Through the dark room where I was sadly lying ; Or by the couch of pain , a sitter meek , Watch the dim eye , and kiss the fevered ...
... side , Haunting my walks , while summer - day was dying ; Nor leaving in thy turn , but pleased to glide Through the dark room where I was sadly lying ; Or by the couch of pain , a sitter meek , Watch the dim eye , and kiss the fevered ...
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... side by side . 66 " My stockings there I often knit ; My kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit , And sing a song to them . " And often after sunset , sir , When it is light and fair , I take my little porringer , And ...
... side by side . 66 " My stockings there I often knit ; My kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit , And sing a song to them . " And often after sunset , sir , When it is light and fair , I take my little porringer , And ...
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