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... feet : " Stand aside , seņor " 40 . 166 Standing there , in the midst of the whispering , bare- headed , kneeling , and villainous crowd , I had a vivid vision of her pale , dim , pitiful face . Like a shadow thrown from afar sheet ...
... feet : " Stand aside , seņor " 40 . 166 Standing there , in the midst of the whispering , bare- headed , kneeling , and villainous crowd , I had a vivid vision of her pale , dim , pitiful face . Like a shadow thrown from afar sheet ...
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... feet , and hang us by our finger - nails over the quarry edge . A hubbub of assent and dissent went up ; then the crowd be- came unanimous . Rangsley slipped from his horse . " Blindfold ' em , lads , " he cried , and turned me sharply ...
... feet , and hang us by our finger - nails over the quarry edge . A hubbub of assent and dissent went up ; then the crowd be- came unanimous . Rangsley slipped from his horse . " Blindfold ' em , lads , " he cried , and turned me sharply ...
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... feet . " We made a few paces down the road ; the pitiful voices of the runners crying for help came plainly to my ears . " You - they - aren't murdering them ? " I asked . " No , no , " he answered . " Can't afford to . Wish we could ...
... feet . " We made a few paces down the road ; the pitiful voices of the runners crying for help came plainly to my ears . " You - they - aren't murdering them ? " I asked . " No , no , " he answered . " Can't afford to . Wish we could ...
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... feet were often bare ; at his side would lie his wooden right hand . As a rule , the place of his forearm was taken by a long , thin , steel blade , that he was forever sharpening . Carlos talked with me , telling me about his former ...
... feet were often bare ; at his side would lie his wooden right hand . As a rule , the place of his forearm was taken by a long , thin , steel blade , that he was forever sharpening . Carlos talked with me , telling me about his former ...
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... feet , and , turning his back to me , began to shave , squinting into a broken looking - glass . I had not the slightest inkling of his meaning . I only knew that going out of his berth was like escaping from the dark lair of a beast ...
... feet , and , turning his back to me , began to shave , squinting into a broken looking - glass . I had not the slightest inkling of his meaning . I only knew that going out of his berth was like escaping from the dark lair of a beast ...
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