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... lives , who ran away from the viper ; and the singularity of the currant - bush growing on an elm was an object of curiosity to my own neighbourhood . A few events of more modern occurrence have been combined with the story ; but they ...
... lives , who ran away from the viper ; and the singularity of the currant - bush growing on an elm was an object of curiosity to my own neighbourhood . A few events of more modern occurrence have been combined with the story ; but they ...
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... live in countries unvisited by the plague , or who have not passed through the ordeal . Some medical men even refused to attend , on account of their other patients ; close friends wrote to express their pity and anxiety , but entreated ...
... live in countries unvisited by the plague , or who have not passed through the ordeal . Some medical men even refused to attend , on account of their other patients ; close friends wrote to express their pity and anxiety , but entreated ...
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... live there as if it were our very own . So Jim and I set them up very carefully , and very thickly , and we chose the best place in the Park for them . He will do anything I ask of him , he is so good - natured ; and it was he who said ...
... live there as if it were our very own . So Jim and I set them up very carefully , and very thickly , and we chose the best place in the Park for them . He will do anything I ask of him , he is so good - natured ; and it was he who said ...
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... live here , " said Ernest , " as if we were in the bush , which so many travellers talk of , and in Eng- land we need not be afraid of wild beasts or savages . " " I should not care if there were any , " cried George , whose spirit of ...
... live here , " said Ernest , " as if we were in the bush , which so many travellers talk of , and in Eng- land we need not be afraid of wild beasts or savages . " " I should not care if there were any , " cried George , whose spirit of ...
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... lives have been lost of man or beast , for the mighty force of a waterspout carries utter destruction with it . " Immediately after dinner , the brother and sister started for their walk , Adela furnished with Indian rubber ga- loshes ...
... lives have been lost of man or beast , for the mighty force of a waterspout carries utter destruction with it . " Immediately after dinner , the brother and sister started for their walk , Adela furnished with Indian rubber ga- loshes ...
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