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Page 38
... child's soft black head . But out of the woman's great brown breast the milk gushed forth for the child , milk as white as snow , and when the child suckled at one breast it flowed like a fountain from the other , and she let it flow ...
... child's soft black head . But out of the woman's great brown breast the milk gushed forth for the child , milk as white as snow , and when the child suckled at one breast it flowed like a fountain from the other , and she let it flow ...
Page 103
... child and the pressure of the larger child upon her from without was too painful to bear . Wang Lung watched the child falling and scrambling and falling again and the old man pulling at the loop ends , and standing thus he felt upon ...
... child and the pressure of the larger child upon her from without was too painful to bear . Wang Lung watched the child falling and scrambling and falling again and the old man pulling at the loop ends , and standing thus he felt upon ...
Page 221
... child's mother , and he said quickly , " Well , and today I have heard of a pretty husband for you , and we will see if Cuckoo can arrange the matter . " Then the child smiled and dropped her head , suddenly a maid and no more a child ...
... child's mother , and he said quickly , " Well , and today I have heard of a pretty husband for you , and we will see if Cuckoo can arrange the matter . " Then the child smiled and dropped her head , suddenly a maid and no more a child ...
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Ai-lan anger angry answered asked bought brother called child clothes country wife court cried Cuckoo daughter dead door earthen house elder eyes face farmer father fear feast felt gate girl gone grew guns hand harelipped hated head heard heart kill knew lady land laughed Leopard lips lived looked lord lord of war Lotus Lung's maid Meng mother never night O-lan old magistrate once passed Pear Blossom poor rice rich robbers robe rose seemed Sheng shouted silent silver slave smiled soldiers sons spoke stared stood strange street suddenly talk tea house tell thing thought told took town trusty turned uncle voice waited Wang Lung Wang the Eldest Wang the Landlord Wang the Merchant Wang the Second Wang the Tiger wife wine woman women words young Yuan