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... thee , my Read- er , I sit down , glad of thy safe human presence here , confronted as I am by these ghostly memories . And now of thee also gladly would I know as much as of me thou now knowest , oh my Reader . CHAPTER II . APPARITIONS ...
... thee , my Read- er , I sit down , glad of thy safe human presence here , confronted as I am by these ghostly memories . And now of thee also gladly would I know as much as of me thou now knowest , oh my Reader . CHAPTER II . APPARITIONS ...
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... thee hand to hand , ay , even till my bones be broken in thine iron grasp . But stretch not forth thus piteously to me those pale imploring fingers . Not thus ! I can not seize thee thus , thou knowest it well ; for fast the devilish ...
... thee hand to hand , ay , even till my bones be broken in thine iron grasp . But stretch not forth thus piteously to me those pale imploring fingers . Not thus ! I can not seize thee thus , thou knowest it well ; for fast the devilish ...
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... thee , dear Loreley . I do not think that thou desirest my destruction , though in thee I feel my fate . Speak to me , speak to me , oh fair and far away , and tell me , tell me , that thou art she whom I have ever loved and must love ...
... thee , dear Loreley . I do not think that thou desirest my destruction , though in thee I feel my fate . Speak to me , speak to me , oh fair and far away , and tell me , tell me , that thou art she whom I have ever loved and must love ...
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... thee , ever at least let me love thee , oh thou fair and far away ! " I cried I know not what , but words like these of passionate appeal . And tears , hot tears , were falling fast from those deep eyes , no longer cold or callous , of ...
... thee , ever at least let me love thee , oh thou fair and far away ! " I cried I know not what , but words like these of passionate appeal . And tears , hot tears , were falling fast from those deep eyes , no longer cold or callous , of ...
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... thee my throat . Throttle me , once for all , with those stiff fingers . I lay bare to thee my breast . Crush it ! crush it in thy giant grasp ! Stifle here for evermore the pain- ful breath of life ; in its own cradle let it find its ...
... thee my throat . Throttle me , once for all , with those stiff fingers . I lay bare to thee my breast . Crush it ! crush it in thy giant grasp ! Stifle here for evermore the pain- ful breath of life ; in its own cradle let it find its ...
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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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