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... hand " ) , but nevertheless shivers ( " crept up his spine " ) and his hands were as cold ( " as ice " ) . Though he was sober ( “ as a judge ” ) his head ( " whirled " ) . But he managed to keep ( " an iron grip on himself " -though ...
... hand " ) , but nevertheless shivers ( " crept up his spine " ) and his hands were as cold ( " as ice " ) . Though he was sober ( “ as a judge ” ) his head ( " whirled " ) . But he managed to keep ( " an iron grip on himself " -though ...
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... hand traffic . The change - over to Right - hand traffic takes place at 5 A.M. on September 3 this year- after the most intensive information campaign ever carried out in this country . As a temporary visitor to Sweden you should be ...
... hand traffic . The change - over to Right - hand traffic takes place at 5 A.M. on September 3 this year- after the most intensive information campaign ever carried out in this country . As a temporary visitor to Sweden you should be ...
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... hand's - breadth of it shines alone ' Mid the blank miles round about- For there I picked up on the heather And there I put inside my breast A moulted feather , an eagle - feather- Well , I forget the rest . The occasion of the poem was ...
... hand's - breadth of it shines alone ' Mid the blank miles round about- For there I picked up on the heather And there I put inside my breast A moulted feather , an eagle - feather- Well , I forget the rest . The occasion of the poem was ...
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