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  • It was a solitary wood, birdless and beastless; there was not even a rabbit to be seen, or a crow high in air to break the silence.

    The Queen's Twin 1910

  • It was a solitary wood, birdless and beastless; there was not even a rabbit to be seen, or a crow high in air to break the silence.

    The Queen's Twin 1898

  • It was a solitary wood, birdless and beastless; there was not even a rabbit to be seen, or a crow high in air to break the silence.

    The Queen's Twin and Other Stories Sarah Orne Jewett 1879

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  • It was a solitary wood, birdless and beastless; there was not even a rabbit to be seen, or a crow high in air to break the silence.

    --Sarah Orne Jewett, 1899, The Queen's Twin

    June 5, 2008

  • The way my wife prefers hotel rooms.

    April 11, 2009