August 2010
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“I will inform them myself,” said I. “Who is the best marshal they have?”
The sheriff thought on it for a minute. He said, “I would have to weigh that proposition. There is near about two hundred of them. I reckon William Waters is the best tracker. He is half-breed Comanche and it is something to see, watching him cut for sign. The meanest one is Rooster Cogburn....
Pilgrimage and Grace
Kristin stood on the hill at Feginsbrekka and looked down at the town lying at her feet in the golden evening sun, Beyond the wide, glittering curve of the river lay brown farm buildings with green sod roofs; the crowns of the trees were dark and domelike in the gardens. She saw light-colored stone houses with stepped gables, churches thrusting their black, shingle-covered backs into the air, and...
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The Political Debate Inside My Head
Chapter 3
Project Gutenberg edition of Anna Karenina
“Do you know, I’ve been thinking about you,” said Sergey
Ivanovitch. “It’s beyond everything what’s being done in the
district, according to what this doctor tells me. He’s a very
intelligent fellow. And as I’ve told you before, I tell you
again: it’s not right for you not to go to the...
