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... rocks jagged and torn by the frightful violence of the sea , where every year so many vessels leave their spars and the bones of their crews to whiten on the brown " goëmont , " the spirits of the people seem to be overshadowed by the ...
... rocks jagged and torn by the frightful violence of the sea , where every year so many vessels leave their spars and the bones of their crews to whiten on the brown " goëmont , " the spirits of the people seem to be overshadowed by the ...
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... rock was erected in memorial . The power of the Druids was immense , but the intrepid Conan Meriadech resolved to destroy this empire , especially as he saw danger to himself in the dislike with which these heathen philosophers regarded ...
... rock was erected in memorial . The power of the Druids was immense , but the intrepid Conan Meriadech resolved to destroy this empire , especially as he saw danger to himself in the dislike with which these heathen philosophers regarded ...
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... rocks become higher and take fantastic shapes- sometimes isolated , as one sees them at Etretat ( that charm- ing Norman town by the sea ) , and then again hollowed out by the force of the waves into grottos , in which , at high tide ...
... rocks become higher and take fantastic shapes- sometimes isolated , as one sees them at Etretat ( that charm- ing Norman town by the sea ) , and then again hollowed out by the force of the waves into grottos , in which , at high tide ...
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... rock stands on an islet at the mouth of the Bay of Pouliguen . Here the prince and his friends amused . themselves by shooting seabirds by hundreds . They then went on to another village , called " Le Croysil , " by land . One of the ...
... rock stands on an islet at the mouth of the Bay of Pouliguen . Here the prince and his friends amused . themselves by shooting seabirds by hundreds . They then went on to another village , called " Le Croysil , " by land . One of the ...
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... rock of Hesquéno , close to the farmhouse of that name . Some way farther along the road is the village of Bohalgo , and ... rocks make it a most picturesque retreat . Following the little stream , and passing through a wood of chestnut ...
... rock of Hesquéno , close to the farmhouse of that name . Some way farther along the road is the village of Bohalgo , and ... rocks make it a most picturesque retreat . Following the little stream , and passing through a wood of chestnut ...
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