The Ring of Amasis: From the Papers of a German Physician |
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... lost sight of the three gray towers of the old cathedral , I seated myself on an un- comfortable green bench near an uncomfortable green table ; ordered a glass of punch - stiff , to keep out the morning chill ; buttoned my coat across ...
... lost sight of the three gray towers of the old cathedral , I seated myself on an un- comfortable green bench near an uncomfortable green table ; ordered a glass of punch - stiff , to keep out the morning chill ; buttoned my coat across ...
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... lost his balance , and in the struggle of his fall had brought his clumsy and rickety little craft on her beam - ends . I saw him hauled up the sides of the vessel , while a sailor who had leaped from the ladder succeeded in rescuing ...
... lost his balance , and in the struggle of his fall had brought his clumsy and rickety little craft on her beam - ends . I saw him hauled up the sides of the vessel , while a sailor who had leaped from the ladder succeeded in rescuing ...
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... At that moment I was called away to attend to the child , and thus lost sight of the Loreley . This was my first actual practice as a physician . A glance at my little patient sufficed to assure me that only very THE LORELEY . 39.
... At that moment I was called away to attend to the child , and thus lost sight of the Loreley . This was my first actual practice as a physician . A glance at my little patient sufficed to assure me that only very THE LORELEY . 39.
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... lost sight of the four human beings who were in any way associated in my mind with the mysterious side of that day's events ; and , once more on the deck of the " Loreley " steamer , the great Com- monplace resumed " her ancient , " but ...
... lost sight of the four human beings who were in any way associated in my mind with the mysterious side of that day's events ; and , once more on the deck of the " Loreley " steamer , the great Com- monplace resumed " her ancient , " but ...
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... lost my father when I was three years old . Per- haps the waters of the Beresina still roll over his un- buried bones . My only knowledge of him was gath- ered from my mother's talk , and a miniature which CHAP PAGE BIOGRAPHICAL AND ...
... lost my father when I was three years old . Per- haps the waters of the Beresina still roll over his un- buried bones . My only knowledge of him was gath- ered from my mother's talk , and a miniature which CHAP PAGE BIOGRAPHICAL AND ...
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ALEXANDER WILLIAM KINGLAKE Amasis amethyst apparition appeared arms beautiful boat body Bois de Boulogne brain Breslau brother CHAPTER chateau child Cloth cold consciousness Count Edmond countenance countess croupiers DANIEL BUTTERFIELD dark dead death Divine door dream Dutch Republic ed balls Egyptian eternity face fancy fatal ring father feel Felix felt finger forever Gentleman in Black hand haps hast heard heart honor hour human imagination Juliet Kabyl least light lips living look Loreley man's melancholy ment mind mond mother mysterious nature never night noble object once pain papyrus passed passion patient perhaps physician poor ring rock seemed seize sensation sense Sethos side sight silent Silesia soul sound spectre strange stretched suddenly swimmer thee Theresa thing tion Trente et Quarante turned valet voice words young
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