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... hand , and advancing nearer and nearer ; but she learnt more from their anxious looks than from their lips , for every one was afraid to distress her by giving her details of the truth . We must now go back to the giant , whom we left ...
... hand , and advancing nearer and nearer ; but she learnt more from their anxious looks than from their lips , for every one was afraid to distress her by giving her details of the truth . We must now go back to the giant , whom we left ...
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... hand had swept her off her couch before she had time to open her eyes . Then closing her mouth , so that she might not cry and raise an alarm , walked quietly back with her to his subterranean passage , down the sloping path of which he ...
... hand had swept her off her couch before she had time to open her eyes . Then closing her mouth , so that she might not cry and raise an alarm , walked quietly back with her to his subterranean passage , down the sloping path of which he ...
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... hand . Fully expecting that Carlo Magno would try to possess himself of it , he hastily bent down to regain it . But Carlo Magno had other thoughts . Waiting calmly till the monster had bent him sufficiently low , he swung his fine ...
... hand . Fully expecting that Carlo Magno would try to possess himself of it , he hastily bent down to regain it . But Carlo Magno had other thoughts . Waiting calmly till the monster had bent him sufficiently low , he swung his fine ...
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... hand to him , and pre- pared to descend as her sisters had done . As soon as the young knight had watched her reach the ground in safety , he turned to drive the strong nails into the tower to make fast the rope for his own descent ...
... hand to him , and pre- pared to descend as her sisters had done . As soon as the young knight had watched her reach the ground in safety , he turned to drive the strong nails into the tower to make fast the rope for his own descent ...
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... hand , all started together , and with one fearful bound , which seemed to shiver the tower to atoms behind them , they dashed off the battlements , the wild career through the air de- priving him of the use of his senses . When he came ...
... hand , all started together , and with one fearful bound , which seemed to shiver the tower to atoms behind them , they dashed off the battlements , the wild career through the air de- priving him of the use of his senses . When he came ...
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