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  • I do 'know the times when I've set out to wash Monday mornin's, an' tied out the line betwixt the old pucker-pear tree and the corner o 'the barn, an' thought, 'Here I be with the same kind o' week's work right over again. '

    Going to Shrewsbury 1889

  • The pucker-pear tree was in full bloom, however, and gave a welcome gayety to the deserted door-yard.

    Going to Shrewsbury 1889

  • The pucker-pear tree was in full bloom, however, and gave a welcome gayety to the deserted door-yard.

    Going to Shrewsbury 1889

  • I do 'know the times when I've set out to wash Monday mornin's, an' tied out the line betwixt the old pucker-pear tree and the corner o 'the barn, an' thought, 'Here I be with the same kind o' week's work right over again. '

    Going to Shrewsbury 1889

  • The pucker-pear tree was in full bloom, however, and gave a welcome gaiety to the deserted door-yard.

    A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches Sarah Orne Jewett 1879

  • I do 'know the times when I've set out to wash Monday mornin's, an' tied out the line betwixt the old pucker-pear tree and the corner o 'the barn, an' thought, 'Here I be with the same kind o' week's work right over again. '

    A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches Sarah Orne Jewett 1879

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