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... seemed to know more than he chose to tell , as indeed he did . He was a jewel , however ; he had hunted that difficult country for many years , and if you had not taken him with the hounds , you might as well have left the hounds alone ...
... seemed to know more than he chose to tell , as indeed he did . He was a jewel , however ; he had hunted that difficult country for many years , and if you had not taken him with the hounds , you might as well have left the hounds alone ...
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... seemed little more than a perpendicular plane , without cape or bay , prominence or depth . She was a little taller than her mother ; her face , though like her mother's , was more refined with the refinement of youth ; her face might ...
... seemed little more than a perpendicular plane , without cape or bay , prominence or depth . She was a little taller than her mother ; her face , though like her mother's , was more refined with the refinement of youth ; her face might ...
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... seemed to hang minatory and darkly over its more peaceful neighbor , the hall ; but at all other times the castle was a thing of beauty for the inhabitants of the Court . At morn it rose a column of gray , tinged with faint orange ; at ...
... seemed to hang minatory and darkly over its more peaceful neighbor , the hall ; but at all other times the castle was a thing of beauty for the inhabitants of the Court . At morn it rose a column of gray , tinged with faint orange ; at ...
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... for a single individual , seemed to be impossible there . What would be the fate of seven hundred close - packed horsemen , - Thermopyla or Balaclava ? Some of the shot were reaching the native regiment , 14 LEIGHTON COURT .
... for a single individual , seemed to be impossible there . What would be the fate of seven hundred close - packed horsemen , - Thermopyla or Balaclava ? Some of the shot were reaching the native regiment , 14 LEIGHTON COURT .
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... seemed getting unsteady , sir , and I thought I would show them that it was not so bad as it looked . " " Hem ! that is another matter . That is a different affair , alto- gether . You have acted with great valor and discretion ; you ...
... seemed getting unsteady , sir , and I thought I would show them that it was not so bad as it looked . " " Hem ! that is another matter . That is a different affair , alto- gether . You have acted with great valor and discretion ; you ...
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