The Recollections of Geoffry HamlynMacmillan and Company, 1860 - 433 pages |
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... watched an old horse feeding . Α very old horse indeed , a horse which seemed to have reached the utmost bounds of equine existence . And yet such a beautiful beast . Even as I looked some wild young colts were let out of the stock ...
... watched an old horse feeding . Α very old horse indeed , a horse which seemed to have reached the utmost bounds of equine existence . And yet such a beautiful beast . Even as I looked some wild young colts were let out of the stock ...
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... watching the old willows by the river . Five- and - twenty times she sees those willows grow green , and the meadow ... watched for years John Thornton's patient industry and blameless conversation , gave him , to his great joy and ...
... watching the old willows by the river . Five- and - twenty times she sees those willows grow green , and the meadow ... watched for years John Thornton's patient industry and blameless conversation , gave him , to his great joy and ...
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... watching the angry waves of French cavalry dash in vain against the glittering wall of bayonets - is now leaning against a gun in the French position , alive and well , though fearfully tired , listening to the thunder of the Prussian ...
... watching the angry waves of French cavalry dash in vain against the glittering wall of bayonets - is now leaning against a gun in the French position , alive and well , though fearfully tired , listening to the thunder of the Prussian ...
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... watched his countenance now in the light of the blazing wood , might see by the down - drawn brows and uneasy expression that the old man was unhappy and disquieted . the 66 The book that lay in his lap was a volume of Shakespeare ...
... watched his countenance now in the light of the blazing wood , might see by the down - drawn brows and uneasy expression that the old man was unhappy and disquieted . the 66 The book that lay in his lap was a volume of Shakespeare ...
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... came not . But at length , grown tired of watching , he with an oath descended to a sheltered corner among the boulders , where 20 THE RECOLLECTIONS OF CHAPTER V IN WHICH THE READER IS MADE ACCOMPLICE TO A MISPRISION 20 FELONY.
... came not . But at length , grown tired of watching , he with an oath descended to a sheltered corner among the boulders , where 20 THE RECOLLECTIONS OF CHAPTER V IN WHICH THE READER IS MADE ACCOMPLICE TO A MISPRISION 20 FELONY.
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