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... bound up in the space of a few square feet , certainly without a friend , and probably with a felon . I was awakened with a fearful cry , and rushed upon deck at the same time as the captain , and saw a large ship bearing right down ...
... bound up in the space of a few square feet , certainly without a friend , and probably with a felon . I was awakened with a fearful cry , and rushed upon deck at the same time as the captain , and saw a large ship bearing right down ...
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... bound coast , dark , desolate , barren , precipitous , against which the long roll- ing swell of the Pacific broke with a dull dis- heartening sound . No wonder that the first discoverers , who coasted along its shores in the midst of ...
... bound coast , dark , desolate , barren , precipitous , against which the long roll- ing swell of the Pacific broke with a dull dis- heartening sound . No wonder that the first discoverers , who coasted along its shores in the midst of ...
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... bound , from the pool to the bank , and dashed up the breast of a precipitous mountain track , followed by the black mare , the others flying in an opposite direction . At the same moment Charley's spurs were dashed into his horse's ...
... bound , from the pool to the bank , and dashed up the breast of a precipitous mountain track , followed by the black mare , the others flying in an opposite direction . At the same moment Charley's spurs were dashed into his horse's ...
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... bound shores , and we rattled over a mere sheep track against the breast of the mountain . We saw the stallion disappearing far above us over the crest of the mountain , and could hear Charley's signal of distress . Philip pushed on ...
... bound shores , and we rattled over a mere sheep track against the breast of the mountain . We saw the stallion disappearing far above us over the crest of the mountain , and could hear Charley's signal of distress . Philip pushed on ...
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... . The pure delicious atmosphere , the sweet perfume of wild flowers , the pleasure of swift motion , the bound- less plain unrolled before me , the triumph of ap- Hun- proaching success , filled heart and brain with deli- cious.
... . The pure delicious atmosphere , the sweet perfume of wild flowers , the pleasure of swift motion , the bound- less plain unrolled before me , the triumph of ap- Hun- proaching success , filled heart and brain with deli- cious.
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