The Spirit of the English MagazinesMonroe and Francis, 1831 - American periodicals |
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Page 12
... gazed round with an air of doubt and amazement , and took up a handful of the straw upon which he lay , as though he would ask himself what it meant . But memory , too faithful to her office , soon unveiled the melancholy past , while ...
... gazed round with an air of doubt and amazement , and took up a handful of the straw upon which he lay , as though he would ask himself what it meant . But memory , too faithful to her office , soon unveiled the melancholy past , while ...
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... gazed till his eyes ached ; he could discover nothing to explain the mystery . That it was so , he knew . Why it was so , he racked his ima- gination in vain to conjecture . He examined the doors . A simple circumstance convinced him ...
... gazed till his eyes ached ; he could discover nothing to explain the mystery . That it was so , he knew . Why it was so , he racked his ima- gination in vain to conjecture . He examined the doors . A simple circumstance convinced him ...
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... gazed upon the THREE windows that now alone remained ! The three ! —there were no more ! —and they seemed to number his own allotted days . Slow- ly and calmly he next surveyed the top and sides , and comprehended all the meaning of the ...
... gazed upon the THREE windows that now alone remained ! The three ! —there were no more ! —and they seemed to number his own allotted days . Slow- ly and calmly he next surveyed the top and sides , and comprehended all the meaning of the ...
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... gazed , and as his steps traversed the narrowed area . But his feelings no longer vented them- selves in frantic wailings . With folded arms and clenched teeth , with eyes that were bloodshot from much watching , and fixed with a vacant ...
... gazed , and as his steps traversed the narrowed area . But his feelings no longer vented them- selves in frantic wailings . With folded arms and clenched teeth , with eyes that were bloodshot from much watching , and fixed with a vacant ...
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... gazing at this fatal inscription . It was as if a voice from the sepulchre had sound- ed in his ears , " Prepare ... gazed , long and earnestly , it seemed as if the win- dows had lowered sufficiently for him to reach them . With one ...
... gazing at this fatal inscription . It was as if a voice from the sepulchre had sound- ed in his ears , " Prepare ... gazed , long and earnestly , it seemed as if the win- dows had lowered sufficiently for him to reach them . With one ...
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