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... lost husband , and so by chance I came here too . I have gone through perils on the sea , and hardships on the land ; my feet are cut by the stony rocks ; and -will you believe me , Conde ? -when at last I find him I learn that he is ...
... lost husband , and so by chance I came here too . I have gone through perils on the sea , and hardships on the land ; my feet are cut by the stony rocks ; and -will you believe me , Conde ? -when at last I find him I learn that he is ...
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... lost from sight altogether . Scarcely had he attained the battlements of the wall , and trod a few steps upon the flat , than three most beautiful nymphs , who seemed more divine than human , came out to meet him . At first he was so ...
... lost from sight altogether . Scarcely had he attained the battlements of the wall , and trod a few steps upon the flat , than three most beautiful nymphs , who seemed more divine than human , came out to meet him . At first he was so ...
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... lost no time in fulfilling the magician's injunctions ; and sure enough the Springing chain uncoiled itself , and , wriggling with a serpent's motion , went straight before him to a gate in the castle wall . It was unlocked , and Turian ...
... lost no time in fulfilling the magician's injunctions ; and sure enough the Springing chain uncoiled itself , and , wriggling with a serpent's motion , went straight before him to a gate in the castle wall . It was unlocked , and Turian ...
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... heeled over and gone down that they remembered they had bound him hand and foot , and he could not escape . And so he , who was the cause of all , alone was lost . THE BLOOD - STAIN OF THE ALCÁZAR OF SEVILLE . Turian and Floreta .
... heeled over and gone down that they remembered they had bound him hand and foot , and he could not escape . And so he , who was the cause of all , alone was lost . THE BLOOD - STAIN OF THE ALCÁZAR OF SEVILLE . Turian and Floreta .
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... lost , for he hesitates ! " cried the terror - stricken father , in a hoarse voice . The multitude took up the cry ; but , simulta- neously with its utterance , the luckless boy was precipitated to the ground , dashing against one of ...
... lost , for he hesitates ! " cried the terror - stricken father , in a hoarse voice . The multitude took up the cry ; but , simulta- neously with its utterance , the luckless boy was precipitated to the ground , dashing against one of ...
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