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... present a pecu- liarity which I am at a loss to account for . Where the leg , for instance , has been lost , they feel as if the foot was present , but as though the leg were shortened . If the thigh has been taken off , there seems to ...
... present a pecu- liarity which I am at a loss to account for . Where the leg , for instance , has been lost , they feel as if the foot was present , but as though the leg were shortened . If the thigh has been taken off , there seems to ...
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... present . Next to me , on my right , sat a flabby man , with ill - marked , baggy features , and in- jected eyes . He was , as I learned af- terwards , an eclectic doctor , who had tried his hand at medicine and several of its quackish ...
... present . Next to me , on my right , sat a flabby man , with ill - marked , baggy features , and in- jected eyes . He was , as I learned af- terwards , an eclectic doctor , who had tried his hand at medicine and several of its quackish ...
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... present ? " he asked . Upon which two knocks were heard in affirmation . - After this , several of the strangers ... present ? " said the medium . The affirmative raps were twice given . " I should think , " said the doctor , " that ...
... present ? " he asked . Upon which two knocks were heard in affirmation . - After this , several of the strangers ... present ? " said the medium . The affirmative raps were twice given . " I should think , " said the doctor , " that ...
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... Present- ly , however , I felt myself sinking slowly . My legs were going , and in a moment I was resting feebly on my two stumps upon the floor . It was too much . All that was left of me fainted and rolled over senseless . I have ...
... Present- ly , however , I felt myself sinking slowly . My legs were going , and in a moment I was resting feebly on my two stumps upon the floor . It was too much . All that was left of me fainted and rolled over senseless . I have ...
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... darling , " he said , " what you would sacrifice . " Then he laid before her all her present advantages , all her bright prospects for the future , - - her high chamber with its broad east- ern 1866. ] 19 The Great Doctor .
... darling , " he said , " what you would sacrifice . " Then he laid before her all her present advantages , all her bright prospects for the future , - - her high chamber with its broad east- ern 1866. ] 19 The Great Doctor .
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