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... sight is not very good , my poor little father - there he is , your Ramon . " The warm reflection of the light behind her , gilding the curve of her face from ear to chin , lost itself in the shadows of black lace falling from dark hair ...
... sight is not very good , my poor little father - there he is , your Ramon . " The warm reflection of the light behind her , gilding the curve of her face from ear to chin , lost itself in the shadows of black lace falling from dark hair ...
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... sight against the white sky , a confused crowd of ominous things . Turn that lanthorn off'n me , " the horseman said . " Don't you see you frighten my horse ? Now , boys , get round them . . . 66 99 The great horses formed an irregular ...
... sight against the white sky , a confused crowd of ominous things . Turn that lanthorn off'n me , " the horseman said . " Don't you see you frighten my horse ? Now , boys , get round them . . . 66 99 The great horses formed an irregular ...
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... sight of him at evenfall listening to Mrs. Macdonald ; he would be sitting beside her ham- mock on the veranda , his head very much down on his breast , very much on one side , and his great hump portending over his little white face ...
... sight of him at evenfall listening to Mrs. Macdonald ; he would be sitting beside her ham- mock on the veranda , his head very much down on his breast , very much on one side , and his great hump portending over his little white face ...
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... sight , and I was left facing the admiral . He stared at me contemptuously . I was streaming with perspiration and up- braiding him for assaulting a cripple . The admiral said , " Oh , that's what you think ? I will settle with you ...
... sight , and I was left facing the admiral . He stared at me contemptuously . I was streaming with perspiration and up- braiding him for assaulting a cripple . The admiral said , " Oh , that's what you think ? I will settle with you ...
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... sight above the heads , clinging to each other for support , and being drawn slowly along . The little worsted balls on the infantry shakos bobbed all round their feet . They were a sorry - looking group , those pirates ; very wild ...
... sight above the heads , clinging to each other for support , and being drawn slowly along . The little worsted balls on the infantry shakos bobbed all round their feet . They were a sorry - looking group , those pirates ; very wild ...
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