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William Lyon Phelps. stood . " Our boats - I say boats - the boats , sir ! Two gone ! " The same voice , within a ... stood clasped thus in the blind night , bracing each other against the wind , cheek to cheek and lip to ear , in the ...
William Lyon Phelps. stood . " Our boats - I say boats - the boats , sir ! Two gone ! " The same voice , within a ... stood clasped thus in the blind night , bracing each other against the wind , cheek to cheek and lip to ear , in the ...
Page 493
... stood out from all the earth , to put in his plea of guilty at the bar of Eternal Justice . " People of New England ! " cried he , with a voice that rose over them , high , solemn , and majestic , —yet had al- ways a tremor through it ...
... stood out from all the earth , to put in his plea of guilty at the bar of Eternal Justice . " People of New England ! " cried he , with a voice that rose over them , high , solemn , and majestic , —yet had al- ways a tremor through it ...
Page 554
... stood a bright green cotton para- sol , with a thick , bright green tassel hanging from the handle . Mrs. Bascomb , gazing at it fixedly , saw that the sleazy fibres of the imitation silk had worn off in places and showed the rough jute ...
... stood a bright green cotton para- sol , with a thick , bright green tassel hanging from the handle . Mrs. Bascomb , gazing at it fixedly , saw that the sleazy fibres of the imitation silk had worn off in places and showed the rough jute ...
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