My Autobiography: Some Events Pathetic But Absolutely True1861 - 74 pages |
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... bed . I just couldn't spare her to do that ; she was a lot better anyway " . But it was a long time before I could finish handing in threads in the loom . THE OLD BUCKEYE SEWING MACHINE This machine required to be 22.
... bed . I just couldn't spare her to do that ; she was a lot better anyway " . But it was a long time before I could finish handing in threads in the loom . THE OLD BUCKEYE SEWING MACHINE This machine required to be 22.
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... finished her school term and had gone back to her Ohio home she sent a box to me . That box contained a beautiful doll with four carefully made dresses , underwear , hats and . shoes . She had made the shoes from her old kid gloves ...
... finished her school term and had gone back to her Ohio home she sent a box to me . That box contained a beautiful doll with four carefully made dresses , underwear , hats and . shoes . She had made the shoes from her old kid gloves ...
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... finish . It looks as if it would rain and I must get it all in . " Mrs. Hill exclaimed , " Mercy , Jacob , you are going to send her on that horse Dexter , are you ? " " Yes , as all the other horses are in use , " answered Mr. Hill ...
... finish . It looks as if it would rain and I must get it all in . " Mrs. Hill exclaimed , " Mercy , Jacob , you are going to send her on that horse Dexter , are you ? " " Yes , as all the other horses are in use , " answered Mr. Hill ...
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... finish , and it may have cost her as much as fifteen cents ; she didn't tell me . They were gone exactly two weeks , and all this time . I had the cooking to do for Thornton , his little daughter Ora , and Laura Parker , Thornton's ...
... finish , and it may have cost her as much as fifteen cents ; she didn't tell me . They were gone exactly two weeks , and all this time . I had the cooking to do for Thornton , his little daughter Ora , and Laura Parker , Thornton's ...
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... finished she said , " That means everybody " . I was looking at an instrument in the corner of the room . It was a melodeon , and I expressed my wish to hear her play . She went to a shelf near the instrument , took a book , then she ...
... finished she said , " That means everybody " . I was looking at an instrument in the corner of the room . It was a melodeon , and I expressed my wish to hear her play . She went to a shelf near the instrument , took a book , then she ...
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Page 67 - There are lonely hearts to cherish, While the days are going by ; There are weary souls who perish, While the days are going by...
Page 5 - Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, an ever-fresh and radiant possibility.
Page 30 - No. 93. /"\H, how sweet when we mingle with kindred spirits here, ^-' And tell of Jesus and His love ! When by faith we can see Him, and feel His presence near, And lift our longing souls above. We shall meet on the banks of the river ; happy, happy there for evermore. We shall dwell with the angels, and join with choral song, our loved ones, loved ones gone before.
Page 74 - Eureka! this the purpose I pursue ; For, behold, a god hath called me, and his service I shall do! " Brother, seek thy calling likewise, thou wert destined for the same; Sloth is sin, and toil is worship, and the soul demands an aim : Who neglects the ordination, he shall not escape the blame.
Page 53 - I thanked her and wanted to know if there was something that I could do for her, but she answered, "Never mind, child, you do well to do the things you are compelled to do.
Page 41 - Hill, but he heard me crying and came to me and asked me what the matter was. I told him. He said, "Never mind, daughter, I'll tell Mother to go look herself. She'll see no little potatoes.