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At Last

By Mary Virginia Terhune

2019-10-14 19:31:20

Excerpt: ... in her countenance or demeanor. In the kitchen, a double allowance of toddy was served out, by their master's orders, to the men who had taken part in the interment on the hill-top. And, in their noisy talk over their potations, the vagr ... Read more
Excerpt: ... in her countenance or demeanor. In the kitchen, a double allowance of toddy was served out, by their master's orders, to the men who had taken part in the interment on the hill-top. And, in their noisy talk over their potations, the vagrant was scarcely mentioned. Only the pines, hoarser in their sough, by reason of the falling snow that clogged their boughs, chanted a requiem above the rough hillock at their feet. "Man cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name is covered with darkness!" Less

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File size218.893 KB
Print pages368
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1348219125
Mary Virginia Terhune (née Hawes, December 21, 1830 – June 3, 1922), also known by her penname Marion Harland, was an American author who was prolific and bestselling in both fiction and non-fictio...

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