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... land of white clothes , that pre- cise , ancient , Castilian in black was something to remember . The black cane that had made the tap , tap , tap dangled by a silken cord from the hand whose delicate blue - veined , wrinkled wrist ran ...
... land of white clothes , that pre- cise , ancient , Castilian in black was something to remember . The black cane that had made the tap , tap , tap dangled by a silken cord from the hand whose delicate blue - veined , wrinkled wrist ran ...
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... land that had remained to her father . Then she had married a good man in his way ; a good enough catch ; moderately well off , very amiable , easily influenced , a dilettante , and a bit of a dreamer , too . He had taken her into the ...
... land that had remained to her father . Then she had married a good man in his way ; a good enough catch ; moderately well off , very amiable , easily influenced , a dilettante , and a bit of a dreamer , too . He had taken her into the ...
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... land was just on the other side of the Street , and the shepherds on the downs used to see of nights a dead - and- gone Rooksby , Sir Peter that was , ride upon it past the quarry with his head under his arm . I don't think I believed ...
... land was just on the other side of the Street , and the shepherds on the downs used to see of nights a dead - and- gone Rooksby , Sir Peter that was , ride upon it past the quarry with his head under his arm . I don't think I believed ...
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... land , and believed the Free Traders were mere bogeys . " They'll never touch us , " Lillywhite grumbled . " We've a He was flashing his lan- warrant . • King's name . thorn aimlessly up the hill . this gallus bird . If he's I heard him ...
... land , and believed the Free Traders were mere bogeys . " They'll never touch us , " Lillywhite grumbled . " We've a He was flashing his lan- warrant . • King's name . thorn aimlessly up the hill . this gallus bird . If he's I heard him ...
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... land turned to a shadow , spotted here and there with little lights . Behind us a cock crowed . The shingle crashed at intervals beneath the feet of a large body of men . I remembered the smugglers ; but it was as if I had remembered ...
... land turned to a shadow , spotted here and there with little lights . Behind us a cock crowed . The shingle crashed at intervals beneath the feet of a large body of men . I remembered the smugglers ; but it was as if I had remembered ...
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