Tales, and Miscellaneous Pieces, Volume 5R. Hunter; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy [&c., &c.], 1825 |
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... door keeper , who was my next tyrant . " It was our business to open and shut certain doors that were placed in the mine for letting in air to the different galleries : but my young tyrant left them every one to me to take care of ; and ...
... door keeper , who was my next tyrant . " It was our business to open and shut certain doors that were placed in the mine for letting in air to the different galleries : but my young tyrant left them every one to me to take care of ; and ...
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... door - keeper , who was enraged against me for having told the truth . " In process of time , as I grew stronger and big- ger , I was set to other work . First , I was employed at the barrow ; and then a pick - axe and a gad * were put ...
... door - keeper , who was enraged against me for having told the truth . " In process of time , as I grew stronger and big- ger , I was set to other work . First , I was employed at the barrow ; and then a pick - axe and a gad * were put ...
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... a safe conscience . " I then turned round , and fell into a sweet sound sleep ; but from this I was suddenly roused by a noise at the door of my hut . It is only the horses 6 again , ' thought I ; but , opening my 12 POPULAR TALES .
... a safe conscience . " I then turned round , and fell into a sweet sound sleep ; but from this I was suddenly roused by a noise at the door of my hut . It is only the horses 6 again , ' thought I ; but , opening my 12 POPULAR TALES .
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... door . I rubbed my eyes , hoping I had been in a dream : the light disappeared , and I thought it was my fancy . As I kept my eyes , how- ever , turned towards the door , I saw a light again through the key - hole ; and the latch was ...
... door . I rubbed my eyes , hoping I had been in a dream : the light disappeared , and I thought it was my fancy . As I kept my eyes , how- ever , turned towards the door , I saw a light again through the key - hole ; and the latch was ...
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... door of my dungeon was then locked and barred , and I was left alone in perfect darkness . Is this , thought I , the reward of all my faithful ser- vices ? Bitterly did I regret that I was not in my native country , where no man , at ...
... door of my dungeon was then locked and barred , and I was left alone in perfect darkness . Is this , thought I , the reward of all my faithful ser- vices ? Bitterly did I regret that I was not in my native country , where no man , at ...
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Page 329 - She took a prodigious fancy to it, and offered me any price, if I would part with it : but this I declined doing, because I believed that I should draw down upon my head some dreadful calamity, if I voluntarily relinquished the talisman. Irritated by my refusal, the lady, according to the custom of her sex, became more resolute in her purpose ; but neither entreaties nor money could change my determination. Provoked beyond measure at my obstinacy, as she called it, she left the house.