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... morning each was surprised to hear from his spouse , and his children were certain she was right , that he had pledged himself , with a libation of old port , to sail with the rest for Croatoan , during the near summer . * On a bright ...
... morning each was surprised to hear from his spouse , and his children were certain she was right , that he had pledged himself , with a libation of old port , to sail with the rest for Croatoan , during the near summer . * On a bright ...
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... morning they questioned their pilot more closely about his knowledge of the coast , and several noted that his answers about Croatoan were vague and evasive . Still they steamed southward , for island after island beckoned them onward ...
... morning they questioned their pilot more closely about his knowledge of the coast , and several noted that his answers about Croatoan were vague and evasive . Still they steamed southward , for island after island beckoned them onward ...
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... morning air , had borne him in her arms up to rosy clouds , where she sang a sweet song . Unfortunately this boy's uncle and guardian was prosaic , and the angels he be- lieved in were prosaic as himself , and he pro- nounced the boy's ...
... morning air , had borne him in her arms up to rosy clouds , where she sang a sweet song . Unfortunately this boy's uncle and guardian was prosaic , and the angels he be- lieved in were prosaic as himself , and he pro- nounced the boy's ...
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... morning would find him frozen in the snow . And now did Bernard find out how much love his uncle and aunt had for him , even though they were severe , and could not get it out of their heads that his pretty fancies were falsehoods ...
... morning would find him frozen in the snow . And now did Bernard find out how much love his uncle and aunt had for him , even though they were severe , and could not get it out of their heads that his pretty fancies were falsehoods ...
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... morning - for his aunt wouldn't let him get up at the usual time - he smiled at himself for ever thinking that he had really heard a Robin talk . Still he found every word it had seemed to say ringing in his ears and through his ...
... morning - for his aunt wouldn't let him get up at the usual time - he smiled at himself for ever thinking that he had really heard a Robin talk . Still he found every word it had seemed to say ringing in his ears and through his ...
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