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... winds have prevented him making a descent on Marseilles or at Toulon , though he has had regiments of soldiers on board for that purpose . Then we have another fleet in our Channel , ready to bombard the French coast . They have ...
... winds have prevented him making a descent on Marseilles or at Toulon , though he has had regiments of soldiers on board for that purpose . Then we have another fleet in our Channel , ready to bombard the French coast . They have ...
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... wind has blown it to , " he said to him- self . " I hope no one has found out my absence . " Climbing up , he gently pushed back the window . On looking in , what was his dismay to see his father seated in the chair by the table , with ...
... wind has blown it to , " he said to him- self . " I hope no one has found out my absence . " Climbing up , he gently pushed back the window . On looking in , what was his dismay to see his father seated in the chair by the table , with ...
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... wind had also carried some sparks to an outhouse nearer the cottages , and already the people were running to and fro ; women with babies in their arms , roused out of their sleep , rushing from the doors , and boys hallooing and men ...
... wind had also carried some sparks to an outhouse nearer the cottages , and already the people were running to and fro ; women with babies in their arms , roused out of their sleep , rushing from the doors , and boys hallooing and men ...
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... am told his horse flies like a meteor , and is as light as the wind . He can follow his master upstairs as easily as a cat , and up a tree for that matter , I verily believe , and will leap down precipices high enough to of Nottingham . 75.
... am told his horse flies like a meteor , and is as light as the wind . He can follow his master upstairs as easily as a cat , and up a tree for that matter , I verily believe , and will leap down precipices high enough to of Nottingham . 75.
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... wind blows , and if he thinks it is for the happiness of thy sister Kate , he will not pre- vent her following the bent of her inclinations . Often has she said to me , ' Where thou goest I will go , ' and therefore , without undue ...
... wind blows , and if he thinks it is for the happiness of thy sister Kate , he will not pre- vent her following the bent of her inclinations . Often has she said to me , ' Where thou goest I will go , ' and therefore , without undue ...
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