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... shadows of black lace falling from dark hair that was not quite black . She spoke as if the words clung to her lips ; as if she had to put them forth deli- cately for fear of damaging the frail things . She raised her long hand to a ...
... shadows of black lace falling from dark hair that was not quite black . She spoke as if the words clung to her lips ; as if she had to put them forth deli- cately for fear of damaging the frail things . She raised her long hand to a ...
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... shadow of Brummel and such . " " My father used to sit all day by the fire , inscribing " ideas every now and then in a pocket - book . I think he was writing an epic poem , and I think he was happy in an ineffectual way . He had thin ...
... shadow of Brummel and such . " " My father used to sit all day by the fire , inscribing " ideas every now and then in a pocket - book . I think he was writing an epic poem , and I think he was happy in an ineffectual way . He had thin ...
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... shadow . A watery light before the moon's rising slanted downwards from the hilltop along the opposite bank . We stood in utter silence . 66 If you stir a hair , " my captor said coolly , " I'll squeeze the blood out of your throat ...
... shadow . A watery light before the moon's rising slanted downwards from the hilltop along the opposite bank . We stood in utter silence . 66 If you stir a hair , " my captor said coolly , " I'll squeeze the blood out of your throat ...
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... shadow 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 ...
... shadow 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 ...
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... were lying in the fern looking on when you come blundering your clumsy nose in . If it hadn't been for Rooksby you might have Hullo , there ! " he broke off . " " An answer came from the black shadow of a clump IZ III.
... were lying in the fern looking on when you come blundering your clumsy nose in . If it hadn't been for Rooksby you might have Hullo , there ! " he broke off . " " An answer came from the black shadow of a clump IZ III.
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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...