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... with no intention of entering , and called in a harsh , aged voice : " Senor Ramon ! Senor Ramon ! " and then twice : " Seraphina — Seraphina ! " turning his head back . Then for the first time I saw Seraphina , looking I.
... with no intention of entering , and called in a harsh , aged voice : " Senor Ramon ! Senor Ramon ! " and then twice : " Seraphina — Seraphina ! " turning his head back . Then for the first time I saw Seraphina , looking I.
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... called it . Ralph's 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 ...
... called it . Ralph's 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 ...
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... called Thoms was for bolting across country ; but Lillywhite was not built for speed . Besides he did not know the lie of the land , and believed the Free Traders were mere bogeys . " They'll never touch us , " Lillywhite grumbled ...
... called Thoms was for bolting across country ; but Lillywhite was not built for speed . Besides he did not know the lie of the land , and believed the Free Traders were mere bogeys . " They'll never touch us , " Lillywhite grumbled ...
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... called , " I'm true blue . " " " " Blue be hanged ! a voice shouted back . " What be you a - doing with runners ? " The riot went on — forty or fifty voices . The runners were seized ; several hands caught at me . It was impossible to ...
... called , " I'm true blue . " " " " Blue be hanged ! a voice shouted back . " What be you a - doing with runners ? " The riot went on — forty or fifty voices . The runners were seized ; several hands caught at me . It was impossible to ...
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... called , " Bring ' em along — this way now . " 66 After a period of turmoil we seemed to come out of the crowd upon a very rough , descending path ; Rangsley had called out , Now , then , the rest of you be off ; we've got enough here ...
... called , " Bring ' em along — this way now . " 66 After a period of turmoil we seemed to come out of the crowd upon a very rough , descending path ; Rangsley had called out , Now , then , the rest of you be off ; we've got enough here ...
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Page 41 - Here's the mahn ye were speerin' after. Here's Macdonald." It was the voice of Barnes, and the voice of the every day. I discovered that I had been tremendously upset. The pulses in my temples were throbbing, and I wanted to shut my eyes — to sleep! I was tired; Romance had departed. Barnes and the Macdonald he had found for me represented all the laborious insects of the world; all the ants who are forever hauling immensely heavy and immensely unimportant burdens up weary hillocks, down steep...