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Identifier: ridpathlibrary19ridp (find matches)
Title: The Ridpath library of universal literature : a biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors, including the choicest extracts and masterpieces from their writings ...
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900
Subjects: Literature
Publisher: New York : The Fifth avenue library society
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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entover the pathetic little romance of rags, the story oftwo lives worked into a bouquet of old-fashioned posies,v/hose gay tints were brought out by a setting of som-bre threads. Existence had gone so quietly in this re-mote corner of the world that all its important events,babyhood, childhood, betrothal, marriage, motherhood,with all their mysteries of love and life and death, werechronicled in this narrow space not two yards square. Diadema came in behind the little school-teacher oneafternoon. I callate, she said, that being kep in adark room, and never being tread on, it will last longernI do. If it does, Priscilla, you know that white crapeshawl of mine I wear to meeting hot Sundays : thatwould make a second row of everlastings round theborder. You could piece out the linings good andsmooth on the under side, draw in the Vv^hite flowers, andfill em round with black to set em off. The rug wouldbe hansomer than ever then, and the story—would befinished.—2%? Vdiage Watch Tower.
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