My Autobiography: Some Events Pathetic But Absolutely True1861 - 74 pages |
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... turning to me , Doctor Boone said , " Now , Ellen , you must lie quietly in bed because of the powders " . Again he turned to Mrs. Hill and said , " Did you ever hear of a medicine that would make you more sick before it made you well ...
... turning to me , Doctor Boone said , " Now , Ellen , you must lie quietly in bed because of the powders " . Again he turned to Mrs. Hill and said , " Did you ever hear of a medicine that would make you more sick before it made you well ...
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... turned the wheel fast or slow I was supposed to pull the goods just to suit her . I sometimes failed . It depended on the wheel turning or the texture of the goods . When the goods didn't move right she would reach over and slap me on ...
... turned the wheel fast or slow I was supposed to pull the goods just to suit her . I sometimes failed . It depended on the wheel turning or the texture of the goods . When the goods didn't move right she would reach over and slap me on ...
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... I did not wait . As soon as John Martin turned to wait on a customer I walked out the back door of the store with bucket and berries . I walked more than a half mile out of my way for fear that I would meet Mr. Morgan . I 25 CHAPTER IX.
... I did not wait . As soon as John Martin turned to wait on a customer I walked out the back door of the store with bucket and berries . I walked more than a half mile out of my way for fear that I would meet Mr. Morgan . I 25 CHAPTER IX.
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... turned to go back to the house . In a few minutes after he left hurt and bewildered , I went to the house , and as I stepped upon the back porch I heard Mother say , " She's got more education now than I have " . Then Jeffersen answered ...
... turned to go back to the house . In a few minutes after he left hurt and bewildered , I went to the house , and as I stepped upon the back porch I heard Mother say , " She's got more education now than I have " . Then Jeffersen answered ...
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... turned to me and said , “ Ellen , I'll bank on you . We will show these cowards that by tasting you and I will have learned what they will covet but will not possess . He took out of his pocket his penknife and scraped off the top of a ...
... turned to me and said , “ Ellen , I'll bank on you . We will show these cowards that by tasting you and I will have learned what they will covet but will not possess . He took out of his pocket his penknife and scraped off the top of a ...
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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.