The Spirit of the English MagazinesMonroe and Francis, 1831 |
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frantic air . he already felt the dungeon's pon- derous roof descending on him - he breathed hard and thick , as ... felt a dreadful assurance of its fallacy . And what matchless inhumanity it was to doom so appalling a death ...
frantic air . he already felt the dungeon's pon- derous roof descending on him - he breathed hard and thick , as ... felt a dreadful assurance of its fallacy . And what matchless inhumanity it was to doom so appalling a death ...
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... felt that a farther contraction of but a few inches only must commence the frightful opera- tion . Roused as he had been , he now gasped for breath . His body shook violently - he was bent near- ly double . His hands rested upon either ...
... felt that a farther contraction of but a few inches only must commence the frightful opera- tion . Roused as he had been , he now gasped for breath . His body shook violently - he was bent near- ly double . His hands rested upon either ...
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... felt by those " who , shut in chambers , think it loneliness ! " It was a solitude that exalted , not debased , the mental faculties ; that soothed , that purifi- ed , that invigorated the soul ; that taught one to forget this world in ...
... felt by those " who , shut in chambers , think it loneliness ! " It was a solitude that exalted , not debased , the mental faculties ; that soothed , that purifi- ed , that invigorated the soul ; that taught one to forget this world in ...
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... felt himself at once attached to thee as to a second home ; nor yet can hear without emotion the sounds that re- mind him of thy hills of freedom ! How has my heart beaten as , sling- ing my rifle at my back , and with walking - staff ...
... felt himself at once attached to thee as to a second home ; nor yet can hear without emotion the sounds that re- mind him of thy hills of freedom ! How has my heart beaten as , sling- ing my rifle at my back , and with walking - staff ...
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... felt calm and collected , and my assistant was no less so . My little brother , too , said he was na feared ; but the woman and the lad were frantic , and did nothing but shriek and wring their hands . " While we were in this situa ...
... felt calm and collected , and my assistant was no less so . My little brother , too , said he was na feared ; but the woman and the lad were frantic , and did nothing but shriek and wring their hands . " While we were in this situa ...
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