Fred Markham in Russia1858 - 372 pages |
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... took to praying - some to blaspheming ; terror seemed to have taken away their senses . I did think that all of us had seen the sun rise for the last time , for it was too dark by far to allow us to try and help ourselves ; and from the ...
... took to praying - some to blaspheming ; terror seemed to have taken away their senses . I did think that all of us had seen the sun rise for the last time , for it was too dark by far to allow us to try and help ourselves ; and from the ...
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... took the apple , and cutting it into seven bits , each took one , and munched away at it as long as it would stay in our mouths . All the time we were looking out anxiously for a sail , but nothing could we see but the dark , tumbling ...
... took the apple , and cutting it into seven bits , each took one , and munched away at it as long as it would stay in our mouths . All the time we were looking out anxiously for a sail , but nothing could we see but the dark , tumbling ...
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... took one over ; but , to be sure , he was sick , and had to cut it short . " " Then how often are you in port on a Sunday ? " " Not often in England , and sometimes in foreign parts we are so pressed for time , that we are obliged to be ...
... took one over ; but , to be sure , he was sick , and had to cut it short . " " Then how often are you in port on a Sunday ? " " Not often in England , and sometimes in foreign parts we are so pressed for time , that we are obliged to be ...
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... took in the overthrow of Napoleon . On its summit stands a green bronze statue of the Archangel Michael , holding the cross of peace in his hand . From the space before the Admi- ralty radiate off the three longest and widest streets in ...
... took in the overthrow of Napoleon . On its summit stands a green bronze statue of the Archangel Michael , holding the cross of peace in his hand . From the space before the Admi- ralty radiate off the three longest and widest streets in ...
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... took them to see the portraits of the present and the late Emperor , hanging up in an inner room of the building . The present Czar is a slighter and shorter man than his father , and with a far milder expression of countenance . The ...
... took them to see the portraits of the present and the late Emperor , hanging up in an inner room of the building . The present Czar is a slighter and shorter man than his father , and with a far milder expression of countenance . The ...
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