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... smiling grimly , as if the anticipation of retributive justice afforded him pleasure . " I will simply put this between us , " replied the homicide , fitting his pistol to the palm of his hand ; and as he did so , a heavy antique ...
... smiling grimly , as if the anticipation of retributive justice afforded him pleasure . " I will simply put this between us , " replied the homicide , fitting his pistol to the palm of his hand ; and as he did so , a heavy antique ...
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... smiles in gladness and plenty , and the hymn of happy days and the dear voices of our loved ones make music in our ears ; and lo ! God puts us in the crucible . The light of life — the hope of all future years is blotted out ; clouds of ...
... smiles in gladness and plenty , and the hymn of happy days and the dear voices of our loved ones make music in our ears ; and lo ! God puts us in the crucible . The light of life — the hope of all future years is blotted out ; clouds of ...
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... smiling gently , he continued : " You evidently think that I am the very devil himself , walking the earth like a roaring lion . Mind your own affairs hereafter , and when I give you a positive order , obey it , for I am master here ...
... smiling gently , he continued : " You evidently think that I am the very devil himself , walking the earth like a roaring lion . Mind your own affairs hereafter , and when I give you a positive order , obey it , for I am master here ...
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... smiling world ; no magic trifles that prattled of the springtime of a heart , that in wandering to and fro through the earth , had fed itself with dust and ashes , acrid and bitter ; had studiously collected only the melancholy symbols ...
... smiling world ; no magic trifles that prattled of the springtime of a heart , that in wandering to and fro through the earth , had fed itself with dust and ashes , acrid and bitter ; had studiously collected only the melancholy symbols ...
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... smile ; and it was only when the mocking demon of the wine - cup looked out from his gloomy gray eyes that his ringing , sneering laugh struck like a dagger to the heart that loved him , that of his proud but anxious and miserable ...
... smile ; and it was only when the mocking demon of the wine - cup looked out from his gloomy gray eyes that his ringing , sneering laugh struck like a dagger to the heart that loved him , that of his proud but anxious and miserable ...
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