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... master . High woodlands , crowned with rugged and gigantic masses of granite , rich and fertile valleys , picturesque villages , sparkling meadows and blooming corn - fields , wide heath and barren moor - the fine old castle itself ...
... master . High woodlands , crowned with rugged and gigantic masses of granite , rich and fertile valleys , picturesque villages , sparkling meadows and blooming corn - fields , wide heath and barren moor - the fine old castle itself ...
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... master of it , resolving , on the first favourable opportunity , to acquaint him with the discovery he had made . When he overheard the soliloquy in the banqueting - hall , he deemed the opportunity one vouchsafed by Providence itself ...
... master of it , resolving , on the first favourable opportunity , to acquaint him with the discovery he had made . When he overheard the soliloquy in the banqueting - hall , he deemed the opportunity one vouchsafed by Providence itself ...
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... master built for him a house , and gave him every proof of his confidence and love . This was the more remarkable , inasmuch as the turf- master was a man of gloomy and sombre character , and of stern and taciturn manner . But when ...
... master built for him a house , and gave him every proof of his confidence and love . This was the more remarkable , inasmuch as the turf- master was a man of gloomy and sombre character , and of stern and taciturn manner . But when ...
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... master . The latter took great interest in the little motherless child , who received the name of Auriola , sent a ... master's daughter , and , long before he demanded her hand of Wittekend , the great noble and the village maiden were ...
... master . The latter took great interest in the little motherless child , who received the name of Auriola , sent a ... master's daughter , and , long before he demanded her hand of Wittekend , the great noble and the village maiden were ...
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... master , refused to be checked , and bounded over the heath . Horror ! The baron saw before him the Goldborn , and heard the rushing of its waters . By a violent effort he arrested the career of Storm- raven , and turned him back ...
... master , refused to be checked , and bounded over the heath . Horror ! The baron saw before him the Goldborn , and heard the rushing of its waters . By a violent effort he arrested the career of Storm- raven , and turned him back ...
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