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... known friends . Each as it fell gave one enormous plash on the surface - then a plunge then the root appeared above water for a moment then again all was submerged - then uprose the stem , disbranched and peeled - and finally they ...
... known friends . Each as it fell gave one enormous plash on the surface - then a plunge then the root appeared above water for a moment then again all was submerged - then uprose the stem , disbranched and peeled - and finally they ...
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... known to forget the nature of their crime before the term of their im- prisonment has expired ; but here the remembrance of a mere trifle becomes a part of the mind itself . We cannot but think that , if the money had been enclosed , or ...
... known to forget the nature of their crime before the term of their im- prisonment has expired ; but here the remembrance of a mere trifle becomes a part of the mind itself . We cannot but think that , if the money had been enclosed , or ...
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... known and dearly prized characters , without at first clearly comprehend- ing what the letter contained . when , on a second perusal , he learn- ed that a hasty summons , late on the foregoing evening , had called the father and ...
... known and dearly prized characters , without at first clearly comprehend- ing what the letter contained . when , on a second perusal , he learn- ed that a hasty summons , late on the foregoing evening , had called the father and ...
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... known to refuse Bolivar ( the then supreme chief of Venezuela ) a sin- gle horse for his personal accommo- dation ! - In addition to the amusements already described as forming the principal recreation of the motley inhabitants of the ...
... known to refuse Bolivar ( the then supreme chief of Venezuela ) a sin- gle horse for his personal accommo- dation ! - In addition to the amusements already described as forming the principal recreation of the motley inhabitants of the ...
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... known him in the British army . The trite proverb of " Set a beggar on horseback " was fully verified in his conduct . Hints respecting his former character were at first cau- tiously indulged in , but soon ac- quired a more tangible ...
... known him in the British army . The trite proverb of " Set a beggar on horseback " was fully verified in his conduct . Hints respecting his former character were at first cau- tiously indulged in , but soon ac- quired a more tangible ...
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