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... growing fear ; these were in favour of paying the heavy sum demanded , even at cost of general suffering . The younger of the tribe , in whom the traditions were weaker , re- solutely refused to concede the new demands . When this ...
... growing fear ; these were in favour of paying the heavy sum demanded , even at cost of general suffering . The younger of the tribe , in whom the traditions were weaker , re- solutely refused to concede the new demands . When this ...
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... grown until the poor dead saint had been turned into a ghostly tyrant , destroyer of those she had so devotedly loved and served . " The white villains and the treacherous minister were now out of the way ; the sundered tribe was re ...
... grown until the poor dead saint had been turned into a ghostly tyrant , destroyer of those she had so devotedly loved and served . " The white villains and the treacherous minister were now out of the way ; the sundered tribe was re ...
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... growing pain in every heart , they steamed in and out at inlets , hovered about promontories , explored islands and all shores that even faintly suggested the old landing - place . All in vain ! After weeks of fruitless search , they ...
... growing pain in every heart , they steamed in and out at inlets , hovered about promontories , explored islands and all shores that even faintly suggested the old landing - place . All in vain ! After weeks of fruitless search , they ...
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... growing curiosity , left thus to find its own answers , found strange and unhappy ones . The big saurian figures took on a kind of life , and surrounded her pillow with fantastic shapes ; the stuffed animals prowled , the huge birds ...
... growing curiosity , left thus to find its own answers , found strange and unhappy ones . The big saurian figures took on a kind of life , and surrounded her pillow with fantastic shapes ; the stuffed animals prowled , the huge birds ...
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... to receive it . Presently a maid came for the Bucket , and in bearing it away , trod on this Acorn , which seemed to be the end of it . At a later period the Bucket observed a tiny shoot of green growing out of the spot where the.
... to receive it . Presently a maid came for the Bucket , and in bearing it away , trod on this Acorn , which seemed to be the end of it . At a later period the Bucket observed a tiny shoot of green growing out of the spot where the.
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