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... already described as having passed over the aspect of the country . The peasantry , at least , retain most of the characteristics of their South Saxon race and tongue . Nevertheless , their manners have been to some degree softened by ...
... already described as having passed over the aspect of the country . The peasantry , at least , retain most of the characteristics of their South Saxon race and tongue . Nevertheless , their manners have been to some degree softened by ...
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... already mentioned . The building itself had nothing in its construction particularly worthy of notice . It was long and low , substantially framed of bricks , which , whatever their primitive colour , had become almost black , and thus ...
... already mentioned . The building itself had nothing in its construction particularly worthy of notice . It was long and low , substantially framed of bricks , which , whatever their primitive colour , had become almost black , and thus ...
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... already set , the shades of evening , rendered yet more deep by the wood - covered hills , which almost surrounded the miniature lake , darkened into indistinctness the distant view . The men were not long in suspense , however . " It ...
... already set , the shades of evening , rendered yet more deep by the wood - covered hills , which almost surrounded the miniature lake , darkened into indistinctness the distant view . The men were not long in suspense , however . " It ...
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... already described him , with his broad breast bronzed by exposure to the fierce heat of the forge , and yet more darkened with the evidences of his recent labour , and with hands seared and hardened almost to the consistency of the iron ...
... already described him , with his broad breast bronzed by exposure to the fierce heat of the forge , and yet more darkened with the evidences of his recent labour , and with hands seared and hardened almost to the consistency of the iron ...
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... already noticed , and then , after passing through a thicket of underwood , skirted another sheet of water similar to that the travellers had just left behind , but narrow . Presently Rivers halted and laid his hand on his companion's ...
... already noticed , and then , after passing through a thicket of underwood , skirted another sheet of water similar to that the travellers had just left behind , but narrow . Presently Rivers halted and laid his hand on his companion's ...
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