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...asked Conners how he liked his present quarters, and learned that they were "too dommed hot" to suit him. When his spirit departed the medium seemed very much exhausted, but this did n't surprise me much, for I remembered that Conners had often "made me tired" before...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VOICES FROM THE SPIRIT LAND. | 10/28/1881 | See Source »

...warmer than I thought, although my companion did not seem distressed by this circumstance. The sunlight surged in wavy lines across the dusty road before me. Every object I saw took on an unnatural glare. My head was hot and heavy, my veins all afire; but I kept on. Even with him beside me, I kept on. He talked cheerily, and I answered in monosyllables at first, then at random, wildly; I saw him looking at me with an expression of curious concern; and I saw a spot of red, like blood, in his left cheek. That is the reason...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A. BIRD OF THE AIR. | 6/3/1881 | See Source »

...chum's 'twas - by the rid hot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOR PROFESSOR CHILD'S COLLECTION. | 6/3/1881 | See Source »

...both therein. My indignation breathed new energy into my wearied frame. A reckless, frenzy seized me. In rapid alternation my feet pressed the flying treadles. I leaned far forward, and rode at fearless speed. Great beads of perspiration fell with a dull thud to the floor. The air grew hot from the friction of my frightful velocity. With this terrible, ever-increasing momentum, something must happen. What that something would probably be became plainer every moment. The last of the line of iron posts stood exactly in front of the staring, awestruck couple. Six times I had swept round...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: I LEARN TO RIDE A BICYCLE. | 5/19/1881 | See Source »

...made nuisances of themselves (in my estimation at least) at our hotel. On this afternoon, at any rate, she had left behind a dozen unhappy and vindictive admirers, in order to explore, in my company, what little portion of Lake Winnepesaukee we could hope to cover easily in the hot August sunshine. Thus it came about that we were under the trees by the lakeside, very happy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHAPTER III. | 5/6/1881 | See Source »

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