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... eyes open . Know why ? Well , just the minute the people began to get hungry they'd start slaughtering the team oxen . Do you believe that ? I've heard of parties that just ate up their draft cattle . Started from the middle and worked ...
... eyes open . Know why ? Well , just the minute the people began to get hungry they'd start slaughtering the team oxen . Do you believe that ? I've heard of parties that just ate up their draft cattle . Started from the middle and worked ...
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... eyes than to bear to have you in his sight ; you are ten thousand times so abominable in his eyes as the most hateful venomous serpent is in ours . You have offended him infinitely more than ever a stubborn rebel did his prince : and ...
... eyes than to bear to have you in his sight ; you are ten thousand times so abominable in his eyes as the most hateful venomous serpent is in ours . You have offended him infinitely more than ever a stubborn rebel did his prince : and ...
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... eyes , and the stranger's smooth voice went on and on . Every time he'd raise an objection , it'd be " Objection sustained , " but whenever Dan'l objected , it'd be " Objection denied . " Well , you couldn't expect fair play from a ...
... eyes , and the stranger's smooth voice went on and on . Every time he'd raise an objection , it'd be " Objection sustained , " but whenever Dan'l objected , it'd be " Objection denied . " Well , you couldn't expect fair play from a ...
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APPROACHING AMERICAN | 1 |
Carl Sandburg Chicago | 34 |
William Saroyan The Oyster and the Pearl | 60 |
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