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... feet below , is a broad platform , planted with vines , which are beginning to look green and bright . Another sloping bank and another platform planted in the same way , are almost lost in a thick belt of trees which give rich promise ...
... feet below , is a broad platform , planted with vines , which are beginning to look green and bright . Another sloping bank and another platform planted in the same way , are almost lost in a thick belt of trees which give rich promise ...
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... feet with every fresh elevation gained . He was so well known in that neighbourhood , that he had to return the salutation of almost every person he met . Fortunately , he thought , the sun was so hot , and the hour so unusual for ...
... feet with every fresh elevation gained . He was so well known in that neighbourhood , that he had to return the salutation of almost every person he met . Fortunately , he thought , the sun was so hot , and the hour so unusual for ...
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... feet , for though used to the motion of the water , and being what people are apt to call " a good sailor , ” the sea , under the influence of the wind , was running tolerably high , and the felucca showed her buoyancy by dancing in a ...
... feet , for though used to the motion of the water , and being what people are apt to call " a good sailor , ” the sea , under the influence of the wind , was running tolerably high , and the felucca showed her buoyancy by dancing in a ...
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... feet , the din of many voices , and a loud oath or so where a finger or a foot got pinched , or a leg grazed . Whilst Paul was gazing , in a kind of bewilder- ment , at this scene , so different to the quiet , listless motions of the ...
... feet , the din of many voices , and a loud oath or so where a finger or a foot got pinched , or a leg grazed . Whilst Paul was gazing , in a kind of bewilder- ment , at this scene , so different to the quiet , listless motions of the ...
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... feet half in joke , now saw that he must carry out his wavering resolution in good earnest . The friends were quietly conversing when the messenger came up . They would willingly before this have lain themselves down beside Paul to get ...
... feet half in joke , now saw that he must carry out his wavering resolution in good earnest . The friends were quietly conversing when the messenger came up . They would willingly before this have lain themselves down beside Paul to get ...
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