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... heard in my life . They pierced me to the heart . I had heard something terrible — too terrible to think of , incredible - and yet - and yet if it was not so , why had he said it ? Was it because he hated us , just because we were ...
... heard in my life . They pierced me to the heart . I had heard something terrible — too terrible to think of , incredible - and yet - and yet if it was not so , why had he said it ? Was it because he hated us , just because we were ...
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... heard that voice , forced and ringing feebly , but with a penetrating effect of quietness in the enormous discord of noises , as if sent out from some remote spot of peace beyond the black wastes of the gale ; again he heard a man's ...
... heard that voice , forced and ringing feebly , but with a penetrating effect of quietness in the enormous discord of noises , as if sent out from some remote spot of peace beyond the black wastes of the gale ; again he heard a man's ...
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... heard at times passing mysteriously overhead in the steady roar of a hurricane , swooped , as if borne on wings , upon the ship , and Jukes tried to outscream it . " Will she live through this ? ” The cry was wrenched out of his breast ...
... heard at times passing mysteriously overhead in the steady roar of a hurricane , swooped , as if borne on wings , upon the ship , and Jukes tried to outscream it . " Will she live through this ? ” The cry was wrenched out of his breast ...
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