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" She and the same man worked in the night, making a hole in the earth after lifting the boards, which they did by scratching it up with their hands not to make any noise, till she left not a nail upon her fingers, she helping the man to carry the earth... "
Harry and Lucy Concluded: Being the Last Part of Early Lessons - Page 330
by Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 340 pages
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Observations on the Historical Work of the Late Right Honorable Charles ...

George Rose - 1809 - 440 pages
...which they did by scratching it up with their hands not to nuke any noise, till she left not a nail upon her fingers ; she helping the man to carry the...box at his own house, large enough for her father to lye in, with bed and bed clothes, and bored holes in the boards for air ; when all this was finished,...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1809 - 574 pages
...whiehnhey did by scratching it up with their hands not to make any noise, till she left not a nail upon her fingers ; she helping the man to carry the earth as they dug it, in a fheet on his back, out at the window into the garden ; he then made a box at his own house, large enough...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 540 pages
...which they did by scratching it up with their hands not to make any noise, till she left not a nail upon her fingers, she helping the man to carry the earth as they dug it, in a sheet, on his hack, out at the window into the garden ; he then made a box at his own house, large enough for her...
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The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series ..., Volumes 1-2

1818 - 628 pages
...they did by scratching it up with their hands, not to nuke any noise, till she had left not a nail upon her fingers ; she helping the man to carry the earth as they dug it, in a sheet on lus back out at the window into the garden ; he then made a box • The Bccond Earl, whose ililer brother...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 81

1818 - 638 pages
...they did by scratching it up with their bands, not to make any noise, till the had left not a nail upon her fingers ; she helping the man to carry the earth as they dug it, ia a kheet on his back out at the window into the garden ; he then made a box at his own house, large...
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Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of the Right Honourable George Baillie ...

Lady Grisell Baillie Murray - 1822 - 208 pages
...which they did by scratching it up with their hands, not to make any noise, till she left not a nail upon her fingers ; she helping the man to carry the earth, as they dug it, in a sheet on his hack, out at the window into the garden. He then made a box at his own house, krge enough for her father...
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The Scotsman's Library: Being a Collection of Anecdotes and Facts ...

James Mitchell - 1825 - 798 pages
...which they did by scratching it up with their hand«, not to make any noise, till she leftaotanail upon her fingers, she helping the man to carry the...his back, out at the window into the garden; he then viade a box at his own house, large enough for her father to lie in, with bed and bed-clothes, and...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...scratching it up with their hands, not to make any noise, till she left not a nail upon her flngers ; once, and reason would ill defend me la the scuffle. A iu a sheet on his back, out at the window into the garden. He then made a box at his own house, large...
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The Waverley Anecdotes: Illustrative of the Incidents, Characters, and ...

Walter Scott - 1833 - 494 pages
...they did by" scratching it up with their hands, not to make any noise, till she had left not a nail on her fingers ; she helping the man to carry the earth...as they dug it, in a sheet on his back out at * The second Earl, whose elder brother was then living. the window into the garden; he then made a box at...
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The Waverley Anecdotes: Illustrative of the Incidents, Characters, and ...

Walter Scott - 1833 - 552 pages
...they did by scratching it up with their hands, not to make any noise, till she had left not a nail on her fingers ; she helping the man to carry the earth...as they dug it, in a sheet on his back out at * The second Earl, whose elder brother was then living. the window into the garden ; he then made a box at...
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