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The Crossing

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of The Crossing is here in full — 71 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 21 of The Crossing by Winston Churchill holds 71 sentences, grouped into 15 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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Chapter 21 holds 71 sentences of The Crossing, unabridged, divided into 15 reading sections.

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Rumors
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Charlestown
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Temple
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Proposes
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“‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.
I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.
Tom looked on with a grin, while little Tom and Peggy reached out their hands in delight, their mother vigorously blocking their intentions.
Ye’ve earned it yerself,” said Polly Ann, forestalling my protest; “‘tis what ye got by the mill, and I’ve laid it by bit by bit for yer eddication.”
And what do you get?”
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The Crossing

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of The Crossing is here in full — 71 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/15 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.
Line 2
I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.
Line 3
Tom looked on with a grin, while little Tom and Peggy reached out their hands in delight, their mother vigorously blocking their intentions.
Line 4
Ye’ve earned it yerself,” said Polly Ann, forestalling my protest; “‘tis what ye got by the mill, and I’ve laid it by bit by bit for yer eddication.”
Line 5
And what do you get?”
All words in this reading · 87

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a

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From this reading “‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.

and

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From this reading “‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.

Ann

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From this reading “‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.

as

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

bag

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From this reading “‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.

been

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From this reading “‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.

bit

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From this reading “Ye’ve earned it yerself,” said Polly Ann, forestalling my protest; “‘tis what ye got by the mill, and I’ve laid it by bit by bit for yer eddication.”

blocking

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From this reading Tom looked on with a grin, while little Tom and Peggy reached out their hands in delight, their mother vigorously blocking their intentions.

buckskin

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From this reading “‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.

by

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From this reading “Ye’ve earned it yerself,” said Polly Ann, forestalling my protest; “‘tis what ye got by the mill, and I’ve laid it by bit by bit for yer eddication.”

chinking

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

coins

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

collection

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

Confederacy

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

crowns

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

Davy

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From this reading “‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.

delight

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From this reading Tom looked on with a grin, while little Tom and Peggy reached out their hands in delight, their mother vigorously blocking their intentions.

do

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From this reading “And what do you get?”

dollars

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

earned

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From this reading “Ye’ve earned it yerself,” said Polly Ann, forestalling my protest; “‘tis what ye got by the mill, and I’ve laid it by bit by bit for yer eddication.”

eddication

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From this reading “Ye’ve earned it yerself,” said Polly Ann, forestalling my protest; “‘tis what ye got by the mill, and I’ve laid it by bit by bit for yer eddication.”

else

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

English

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

fingers

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

for

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From this reading “Ye’ve earned it yerself,” said Polly Ann, forestalling my protest; “‘tis what ye got by the mill, and I’ve laid it by bit by bit for yer eddication.”

forestalling

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From this reading “Ye’ve earned it yerself,” said Polly Ann, forestalling my protest; “‘tis what ye got by the mill, and I’ve laid it by bit by bit for yer eddication.”

get

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From this reading “And what do you get?”

got

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From this reading “Ye’ve earned it yerself,” said Polly Ann, forestalling my protest; “‘tis what ye got by the mill, and I’ve laid it by bit by bit for yer eddication.”

grin

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From this reading Tom looked on with a grin, while little Tom and Peggy reached out their hands in delight, their mother vigorously blocking their intentions.

had

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From this reading “‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.

handed

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From this reading “‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.

hands

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From this reading Tom looked on with a grin, while little Tom and Peggy reached out their hands in delight, their mother vigorously blocking their intentions.

I

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

I've

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From this reading “Ye’ve earned it yerself,” said Polly Ann, forestalling my protest; “‘tis what ye got by the mill, and I’ve laid it by bit by bit for yer eddication.”

in

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From this reading Tom looked on with a grin, while little Tom and Peggy reached out their hands in delight, their mother vigorously blocking their intentions.

intentions

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From this reading Tom looked on with a grin, while little Tom and Peggy reached out their hands in delight, their mother vigorously blocking their intentions.

issues

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

it

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

know

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

laid

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From this reading “Ye’ve earned it yerself,” said Polly Ann, forestalling my protest; “‘tis what ye got by the mill, and I’ve laid it by bit by bit for yer eddication.”

little

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From this reading “‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.

looked

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From this reading Tom looked on with a grin, while little Tom and Peggy reached out their hands in delight, their mother vigorously blocking their intentions.

me

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From this reading “‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.

mill

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From this reading “Ye’ve earned it yerself,” said Polly Ann, forestalling my protest; “‘tis what ye got by the mill, and I’ve laid it by bit by bit for yer eddication.”

milled

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

mother

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From this reading Tom looked on with a grin, while little Tom and Peggy reached out their hands in delight, their mother vigorously blocking their intentions.

motley

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

my

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From this reading “Ye’ve earned it yerself,” said Polly Ann, forestalling my protest; “‘tis what ye got by the mill, and I’ve laid it by bit by bit for yer eddication.”

never

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

not

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

of

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

on

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From this reading “‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.

opened

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

out

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

paper

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

Peggy

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From this reading Tom looked on with a grin, while little Tom and Peggy reached out their hands in delight, their mother vigorously blocking their intentions.

Polly

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From this reading “‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.

poured

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

protest

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From this reading “Ye’ve earned it yerself,” said Polly Ann, forestalling my protest; “‘tis what ye got by the mill, and I’ve laid it by bit by bit for yer eddication.”

reached

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From this reading Tom looked on with a grin, while little Tom and Peggy reached out their hands in delight, their mother vigorously blocking their intentions.

right

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From this reading “‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.

said

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From this reading “‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.

seen

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

sewing

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From this reading “‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.

she

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From this reading “‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.

shillings

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

sovereigns

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

Spanish

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

such

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

table

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

the

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

their

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From this reading Tom looked on with a grin, while little Tom and Peggy reached out their hands in delight, their mother vigorously blocking their intentions.

Tis

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From this reading “‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.

to

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From this reading “‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.

Tom

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From this reading Tom looked on with a grin, while little Tom and Peggy reached out their hands in delight, their mother vigorously blocking their intentions.

trembling

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

vigorously

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From this reading Tom looked on with a grin, while little Tom and Peggy reached out their hands in delight, their mother vigorously blocking their intentions.

was

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

what

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From this reading “‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.

which

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From this reading “‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.

while

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From this reading Tom looked on with a grin, while little Tom and Peggy reached out their hands in delight, their mother vigorously blocking their intentions.

with

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From this reading I opened it with trembling fingers, and poured out, chinking on the table, such a motley collection of coins as was never seen,--Spanish milled dollars, English sovereigns and crowns and shillings, paper issues of the Confederacy, and I know not what else.

ye

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From this reading “Ye’ve earned it yerself,” said Polly Ann, forestalling my protest; “‘tis what ye got by the mill, and I’ve laid it by bit by bit for yer eddication.”

ye've

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From this reading “‘Tis what ye’ve a right to, Davy,” said Polly Ann, and she handed me a little buckskin bag on which she had been sewing.

yer

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From this reading “Ye’ve earned it yerself,” said Polly Ann, forestalling my protest; “‘tis what ye got by the mill, and I’ve laid it by bit by bit for yer eddication.”

yerself

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From this reading “Ye’ve earned it yerself,” said Polly Ann, forestalling my protest; “‘tis what ye got by the mill, and I’ve laid it by bit by bit for yer eddication.”

you

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From this reading “And what do you get?”