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... side ; the legs , one bent , the other bowing a little back - this was the attitude of Seraphina's father . Having imperiously thrust the door of the inner room open , he remained immovable , with no intention of entering , and called ...
... side ; the legs , one bent , the other bowing a little back - this was the attitude of Seraphina's father . Having imperiously thrust the door of the inner room open , he remained immovable , with no intention of entering , and called ...
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... 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 in him , but I believed in ...
... 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 in him , but I believed in ...
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... side door opened , and I saw into a lighted room filled with wreaths of smoke . A paunchy man in a bob wig , with a blue coat and Windsor buttons , holding a churchwarden pipe in his right hand and a pewter quart in his left , came ...
... side door opened , and I saw into a lighted room filled with wreaths of smoke . A paunchy man in a bob wig , with a blue coat and Windsor buttons , holding a churchwarden pipe in his right hand and a pewter quart in his left , came ...
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... 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 life and his adventures . The ...
... 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 life and his adventures . The ...
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... about " pirates , vermin , coast of Cuba . " Carlos came to the side , and looked after the man - of - war in the distance . " You could help us , " I heard him mutter . T CHAPTER V HERE was a lad called Barnes , 34 ROMANCE.
... about " pirates , vermin , coast of Cuba . " Carlos came to the side , and looked after the man - of - war in the distance . " You could help us , " I heard him mutter . T CHAPTER V HERE was a lad called Barnes , 34 ROMANCE.
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admiral answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark David Macdonald dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareños Macdonald Manuel matter murmured never Nichols night Nikola O'Brien once pirates pistol Ramon Rangsley ravine remember Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail schooner Sebright seemed seen señor señorita Seraphina shadow ship shoulders shouted side sight silence smile sort soul sound Spanish stood suddenly talk tell thing thought throat Tomas Castro turned uncle voice waiting walked wall whispered Williams woman words
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