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... heard a rifle , and at the same instant felt a blow on both arms , which fell helpless . I staggered to my horse and tried to mount ; but , as I could use neither arm , the effort was vain , and I therefore stood still , await- ing my ...
... heard a rifle , and at the same instant felt a blow on both arms , which fell helpless . I staggered to my horse and tried to mount ; but , as I could use neither arm , the effort was vain , and I therefore stood still , await- ing my ...
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... heard of a case anywhere about . I don't believe it is . " And then she told Mrs. Walker not to fret about home . " I will go , " she said , " and milk the cow , and look after things . Don't think one thought about it . " And then she ...
... heard of a case anywhere about . I don't believe it is . " And then she told Mrs. Walker not to fret about home . " I will go , " she said , " and milk the cow , and look after things . Don't think one thought about it . " And then she ...
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... heard . " The reply to this sweet interpreta- tion was after the manner of all lovers since the world began . And so , for- getting the stern old folks at home , - forgetting everything but each other , -they sat for an hour at the very ...
... heard . " The reply to this sweet interpreta- tion was after the manner of all lovers since the world began . And so , for- getting the stern old folks at home , - forgetting everything but each other , -they sat for an hour at the very ...
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... heard a thumping and pounding as of somebody at work in my study . Nay , if I mistake not , ( for I was half asleep , ) there was a sound as of some person crumpling paper in his hand in our very bedchamber . This must have been old Dr ...
... heard a thumping and pounding as of somebody at work in my study . Nay , if I mistake not , ( for I was half asleep , ) there was a sound as of some person crumpling paper in his hand in our very bedchamber . This must have been old Dr ...
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... heard , and am in- clined to trust , arises , generally speak- ing , not so much from indigence as from self - denying frugality , pushed to an extreme . The French peasant is the possessor of property , and has a passion , almost a ...
... heard , and am in- clined to trust , arises , generally speak- ing , not so much from indigence as from self - denying frugality , pushed to an extreme . The French peasant is the possessor of property , and has a passion , almost a ...
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