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Life and character (1899)

Smedley, William T, Anthony, A. V. S. (Andrew Varick Stout), 1835-1906 · New York: Harper & Bros. · leaf 36

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-stagers is to secure a coigne of vantage and watch for the mystical seventhwave, which comes with overwhelming power and, breaking against theembankment, dashes high over the wall, drenching the unwary, and, as itrises into the air, it is a beautiful sight to see the spray drifting swiftly… … Cynthia IVhitwell and her Father THERE still exists in the New England States a strain of theold stock that conquered the wilderness. You find it in theremote country districts, where existence is one long struggle toobtain the barest necessities of life, where culture and refinement arealmost…

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