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... heard it said , my son , that in yonder stretch of black moorland lies the spot on all the earth most fatal to thee and thy race . The broad track at the edge of the big beech wood " is the ancient moss where once stood the cottage 14 ...
... heard it said , my son , that in yonder stretch of black moorland lies the spot on all the earth most fatal to thee and thy race . The broad track at the edge of the big beech wood " is the ancient moss where once stood the cottage 14 ...
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... heard of her , but have never seen her . " " So people call the phantom ; and the apparition first drew my attention to the place she haunts , and the sagas that are told of it . Since the The Maiden of the Moor . 15.
... heard of her , but have never seen her . " " So people call the phantom ; and the apparition first drew my attention to the place she haunts , and the sagas that are told of it . Since the The Maiden of the Moor . 15.
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... heard the rushing of its waters . By a violent effort he arrested the career of Storm- raven , and turned him back towards the wood . As he did so , he heard a voice call out in clear and silvery , but menacing tones , " Be true , be ...
... heard the rushing of its waters . By a violent effort he arrested the career of Storm- raven , and turned him back towards the wood . As he did so , he heard a voice call out in clear and silvery , but menacing tones , " Be true , be ...
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... heard but the voice of the storm . As the baron turned to re - enter the chamber he heard Hildegard utter a cry of fear , and , looking towards the door , beheld the stern visage and lowering brow of Count Benno von Teufelsberg . " What ...
... heard but the voice of the storm . As the baron turned to re - enter the chamber he heard Hildegard utter a cry of fear , and , looking towards the door , beheld the stern visage and lowering brow of Count Benno von Teufelsberg . " What ...
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... heard . The moor yielded more than ever before to his tread ; a desolation as of death was around him . Calling , with a beating heart , upon Auriola , and bending over the pool , he threw in it the ring . Then , trembling with ...
... heard . The moor yielded more than ever before to his tread ; a desolation as of death was around him . Calling , with a beating heart , upon Auriola , and bending over the pool , he threw in it the ring . Then , trembling with ...
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