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...There is a certain fascination connected with the remodeling of a farmhouse. Its low, raftered interior, its weather-beaten exterior, never fail to appeal. Types vary with the period in which they were built, but all are of interest. In this collection, which has been pictured with great ca...

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...dle him well and put him in his cradle and when he is asleep I will go.” The child fell asleep. She left a kerosene lamp beside him and went to the farmhouse where the pilgrims had gathered. She joined them at the back of the crowd. She could not see her husband but heard him preaching and everyone was enthralled. They did not see her and when the Holy Spirit overtook ...

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...and the Oskalooska Kid.) Joining the poetic hobo in this gothic-like tale are many other unusual elements: dark mysterious nights, a deserted haunted farmhouse, a violent thunderstorm, the Oskalooska Kid, a nameless girl, thieves and murderers, Beppo the bear, and other surprises. The Oakdale Affair is a deep mystery and would puzzle even Sherlock Holmes.(Introduction by R...

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...ith Farzdbuk when they arrived at Sebastian’s place? What were they planning for him? Where is this hospital? Who runs it? Who were the people at the farmhouse when Sebastian and Guapo arrived there after their weekend hike. Why was Guapo instructed to have sex with one? What other activities are they involved in?’ ‘Hang on! I’m getting behind.’ ‘And you’re a librarian,’...

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...had decided that they would all go and stay with his own parents, who lived in a farmhouse in Suffolk. It would suit them better if they could retai... ...driving along a series of country roads in Suffolk, heading for Roger’s parents’ farmhouse. Roger’s mobile phone rang. Yvonne answered it for him. ... ...ere was. Roger Blake’s car rolled up the long, dirt-track drive of his parent’s farmhouse. His mother, Barbara, had heard the car and 208 was ...

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...will choose that you not.” I pulled the coach up behind our mas, a Provençal farmhouse. Just as I had always wished, it had terra cotta plastered wa...

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... Rosita, I wonder what she will say,’ muttered Helen to herself, as she made her way to the large farmhouse kitchen. Rosita Llewellyn had been compa...

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...es in Vietnam for his tour of duty 182. O’Rourke starts as a triage medic at Chu Lai hospital 183. Steward’s seek a place to live, rent an isolated farmhouse 184. Steward looks for someone to serve as WRO president 185. Steward’s visit Clara Shoats then stop at Rachel Locke’s house 186. Steward’s feel increasingly isolated as mountain winter sets in 187. D.C. “Woodst...

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...olling fields of green and grand Victorian Colonials, quaint ranch houses, farmhouses, cottages and modern townhouses and condos everywhere a body tur... ...wo- bay garage round the back and attached to a charming stone and shingle farmhouse at the end of a cul-de-sac. Kelly glanced out his window, stared ... ...of short bursts and then one long one, and a woman came to the door of the farmhouse, Kelly knew that his curiosity would soon be sated, more than he'... ...them down the road a ways, made a detour through the lush woods behind her farmhouse and just off the vast property surrounding it. Had it been anyone... ...la nodded and chuckled. "The whole shebang." She slowed as they neared the farmhouse, turned to Kelly. "And you? What's your background?" "I'm African...

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...'This is a matter of life or death'. The meeting was to take place at a large farmhouse belonging to Nagamura, one of Oshiro's staunchest supporters... ...ot be able to leave. Adequate sleeping arrangements were provided in the huge farmhouse for the heads of the Families; quarters for the soldiers wer... ...The next morning, after the leaders were assembled in a large room within the farmhouse, the fate of the ten leaders who had refused Oshiro’s invitat... ...u see Cardona the adrenaline will clear your mind." Their destination was a farmhouse in a rural area of Hagerstown, Maryland. Brand felt every bu... ...to a sleep. It had been more than a year since Garza had been to the shabby farmhouse, with it's rusted cars and bald tires strewn around as if it... ... "Just a bump in the road, buddy. We'll be there in less than a minute. The farmhouse-junkyard came up faster than Garza expected. He slammed on th...

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...lease the staff attorney's superiors. SEC rules and regulations remind me of an old farmhouse that has been altered and adapted, sometimes for conv... ...en some SEC Commissioners – can wade through. Wandering from room to room in this farmhouse are the SEC staff. Regretfully, I found that many are...

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...tories to butterflies?” “They’re her constant companions,” she said, looking at a farmhouse and barn down in a valley. The farmhouse and outbuil... ...t Warrior. A lot. The road ended at the bottom of the hill where the old abandoned farmhouse crouched in the dark. Guy made a left and skirted the...

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...e cultivation family group household self-sufficiency Field village farmhouse tools of within social value cultivation neighbour producti... ...tion neighbour production village within village Irrigation village farmhouse resources of within social value cultivation aggregate village ...

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...t Vaprio, I sometimes ate with a farmer and his wife, in their tiny stone farmhouse. They did not complain, yet they slept on mats, ate meat now and ...

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...Excerpt: PART I; CHAPTER I -- IN the days when the spinning-wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses--and even great ladies, clothed in silk and thread-lace, had their toy spinning-wheels of polished oak --there might be seen in districts far away among the lanes, or deep in the bosom of the hills, certain pallid ...

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...ART I CHAPTER I I N the days when the spinning wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses — and even great ladies, clothed in silk and thread lace, had th... ...n at the same time, Silas took her with him in most of his journeys to the farmhouses, unwill ing to leave her behind at Dolly Winthrop’s, who was al...

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...arance, therefore, is apt to occasion some little stir at the tea table of a farmhouse, and the addition of a supernumer ary dish of cakes or sweetme... ...s. Then, as he wended his way by swamp and stream and awful woodland, to the farmhouse where he happened to be quartered, every sound of nature, at th... ... house, the conquest of his heart was complete. It was one of those spacious farmhouses, with high ridged but lowly sloping roofs, built in the style... ...od by for a squall. Sometimes his crew would be heard dashing along past the farmhouses at midnight, with whoop and halloo, like a troop of Don Cossac... ...der cover of his character of singing master, he made frequent visits at the farmhouse; not that he had anything to apprehend from the meddlesome inte... ...rowing of a cock, accidentally awakened, would sound far, far off, from some farmhouse away among the hills—but it was like a dream ing sound in his ...

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..., the next day, at Blithedale. It was a wood fire, in the parlor of an old farmhouse, on an April afternoon, but with the fitful gusts of a wintry sno... ...ht a fearful cold. And now we were seated by the brisk fireside of the old farmhouse, the same fire that glimmers so faintly among my reminiscences at... ...h came so unseasonably, through night and storm, to the door of the lonely farmhouse,—so it happened that no body, for an instant or two, arose to an... ...last of the preceding day, together with the general chill of our airy old farmhouse, had got fairly into my heart and the marrow of my bones. In this... ...the trunk of a tree, gazing earnestly towards a particu lar window of the farmhouse; and by and by Priscilla ap peared at this window, playfully dra... ... shake it, as he withdrew along the road; and at the last point whence the farmhouse was visible, he turned and shook his uplifted staff. XI. XI. XI... ...enobia’s resort at this period of the day; nor was it so re mote from the farmhouse as to leave her in much peril, what ever might be the stranger’s... ... above the earth, the whole matter looks ridiculous!” T urning towards the farmhouse, I saw Priscilla (for, though a great way off, the eye of faith a... ... rambles among the rustic lanes and by paths, pausing to look at black old farmhouses, with their sloping roofs; and at the modern cottage, so like a ...

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... forthwith. But, first of all, I must summon one of the contadini from the farmhouse yonder, to take your horse to the stable.” 8 The Marble Faun V o... ...ven the sage T omaso, and Stella, Girolamo, and the peasant girls from the farmhouse, all of a broad grin, be- tween merriment and wonder. These good ... ...draught of the sunny Monte Beni wine. Unexpectedly, in a nook close by the farmhouse, he hap- pened upon a spot where the vintage had actually com- me... ...ed to be, at a casual glance. Neither the wretched cottages nor the dreary farmhouses seemed to partake of the prosperity, with which so kindly a clim... ...rs of which had died before the Advent; or in the wall of a country inn or farmhouse; or at the midway point of a bridge; or in the shallow cavity of ...

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...think how it must have gone in those times with quiet folk in cottages and farmhouses. There had been peace in England for a great many years, ever si... ...” Stead explained, and also the possibility of endeavouring to rebuild the farmhouse. If he could go to Mr. Elmwood with thirty pounds he thought it m... ...ared it—but she knew all the time that there would be no place in that new farmhouse for her, and there was a chill over her faithful heart at times. ... ... for the savings which Stead was known to be making towards rebuilding the farmhouse. Mr. Elmwood was very indignant and took Pierce, and Blane the co...