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It was a week before he would consent to ask any man to fill the vacancy made by Sir Orlando.The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope
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In 1899 her novel, Contending Forces, was published.Black Female Playwrights: An Anthology of Plays before 1950 by Kathy A. Perkins
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"He flaps one of the pages at me.'The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
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"I held her blue-veined hand and tried to return her smile." -William Henry is a Fine Name - by: Cathy Gohlke
"Some old salt had just been in the act of putting milk in his tea when the mysterious something had occurred." The Blue Lagoon by Henry de Vere Stacpoole
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I sat through the opera until I could stand it no longer.The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson
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It was harder to find out the names of the dead.Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
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The people who flew in piled into several taxicabs at the Vegas airport and pulled up to the canopied driveway of the Riviera with enough luggage for a celebrity road tour.The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
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"The Picower Foundation, the Chais family foundation, and Norman Levy's family foundations closed their doors almost immediately, stunning their employees and grant beneficiaries."The Wizard of Lies by Diana B. Henriques
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When I reached home, it was quite dark and I found my mother without a light, sitting rocking in a chair, as she so often used to do in my childhood days, looking into the fire and singing softly to herself.The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
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"Yeah, we came up through the Academy together."The Abduction by Mark Gimenez
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It asks me to teach Kristin and Heather and Kelly when I grew up with Carletha and Darlene and Leticia.My First White Friend: Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness by Patricia Raybon
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They were his bees, until he died, and after that, they were the bees of the mountainside.Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman
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When most people think of memory, they think of declarative memory, which include episodic memory and semantic memory.Jane on the Brain: Exploring the Science of Social Intelligence with Jane Austen by Wendy Jones
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When my girl said, Who was that?This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
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The manuscript of the two cancelled chapters, the only surviving manuscript material from any of Austen's published novels, is held in the British Library.Persuasion by Jane Austen
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Rustia gives him the weary look of the perpetually disappointed.Smaller and Smaller Circles
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"The neglect was overwhelming."Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini
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"Kali is the bringer of destruction, without which there can be no rebirth. "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
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Anita wrote: ""Kali is the bringer of destruction, without which there can be no rebirth. She is the remover of bondage that ties us to the material world. If we anger her, she will deprive us of her divine dest..."Actually, only one sentence should be copied :) Sentence #3 on the given page.
They crossed a river or estuary; the million lights of Nio Esseia, fog-diffused, trembled on dark water, behind them.The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
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"Sherry Ordway, the receptionist at Klemet-Harrison, wondered if she and Ted, her husband, had made a mistake."The Servants of Twilight by Dean Koontz
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"Your mother's real nice," Blackie had once said to Colleen, "But I can't understand a word she says."The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan
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"I don't think the Feds should control a grocery list."End of Days: Con Law II by Mark Gimenez
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This past summer, however, Blip ate the wrong berry and lost sight of the beaten path altogether, and however hazy the line between innovation and insanity may be, he was unmistakably sipping iced tea with the hatters and the hares.Just a Couple of Days
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change can begin in this moment.You can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay
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It had been Virginia's first train trip.The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
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To get a permit, a company had to agree to install the best available waste treatment systems for the pollution it discharged.The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan
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"Our dogs tore a feller half to pieces, once, down in Mobile , 'fore we could get 'em off."Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Joyce C wrote: ""Our dogs tore a feller half to pieces, once, down in Mobile , 'fore we could get 'em off."Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Born in 1731, the grandson of an English dairy maid and a slave who had been a gifted scientist and engineer in his native Africa, Banneker was a curious little boy who followed in his grandfather's footsteps and grew up to be a skilled surveyor and astronomer.
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Yes I read Uncle Tom's Cabin, Emily." I don't know if that's such a good idea - psychologically, I mean."
The Servants of Twilight by Dean Koontz
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It is the simplest to enjoy, with its good-humored comedy, its sunny heroine, its dream denouement.Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin
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Okay, so maybe the WORST that could ever happen is Mrs. Wallabanger gets run over by a semi truck!
Dork Diaries: Tales from a NOT-SO-Fabulous Life
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Dork Diaries: Tales from a NOT-SO-Fabulous Life
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"What's your name...?
Norigami
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Norigami
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She could remember her mother saying, "All right, girl."The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
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grammar school: In the Library of Congress biographical files, Walter Beech reports he did not finish grammar school.Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History by Keith O'Brien
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"That's the only thing I have plenty of."The Servants of Twilight by Leigh Nichols
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