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Episode 22: American Beauty

Mother says a bunch of lilies-of-the-valley would not cost more than twelve dollars. Mayn’t I tell the florist to send a few every day?

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Episode 21: Pocahontas

Pocahontas, the Kings dearest daughter, when no entreaty could prevail, got his head in her arms, and laid her own upon his to save him from death.

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Episode 18: Atalanta

What if the Negro people be wooed from a striving for righteousness , from a loveof knowing, to regard dollars as the be-all and end-all of life?

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Episode 14: Rip Van Winkle

A lean, bilious fellow with his pockets full of handbils was hand bils was haranguing vehemently aboutthe rights of citizens . . .

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Episode 11: Not Easy

I felt uneasy a the thought of writing an instrument of slavery for one of my fellow creatures . . .

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Episode 09: Natty Bumppo

Natty seated himself on one end of log that was lying near the fire, with his rife standing between his legs.

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Episode 08: Reading a Book

They gave tongue to interesting thoughts of my own soul, which had frequently flashed through my mind, but died away for want of utterance.

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Episode 07: Two Ships

There goes many a ship to sea with many hundred souls, whose weal and woe is common . . .

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