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Page 30
... followed the gesture of the Egyptian , and beheld , with ineffable dismay , a vast vapor shooting from the summit of Vesuvius , in the form of a gigantic pine tree ; the trunk , blackness , the branches , fire , a fire that shifted and ...
... followed the gesture of the Egyptian , and beheld , with ineffable dismay , a vast vapor shooting from the summit of Vesuvius , in the form of a gigantic pine tree ; the trunk , blackness , the branches , fire , a fire that shifted and ...
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... followed ! It would seem That the sun never shone in all those years , Or only with a sudden , troubled glint Flashed on Antonio's curls , as he went by Doffing his cap , with eyes of wistful love Raised to my face -- my conscious ...
... followed ! It would seem That the sun never shone in all those years , Or only with a sudden , troubled glint Flashed on Antonio's curls , as he went by Doffing his cap , with eyes of wistful love Raised to my face -- my conscious ...
Page 78
... followed the long , rapid , swinging stride of the negro for nearly an hour . Then they halted on the bank of a deep , nar- row stream . The negro made a motion for them to keep well to the right when they should enter the water . The ...
... followed the long , rapid , swinging stride of the negro for nearly an hour . Then they halted on the bank of a deep , nar- row stream . The negro made a motion for them to keep well to the right when they should enter the water . The ...
Page 80
... followed in sharp succession , and there went close by Mary's ear the wasp- ish whine of a minie - ball . At the same moment she recognized , once , thrice , just at her back where the hoofs the tart rejoinders - - twice , - - of her ...
... followed in sharp succession , and there went close by Mary's ear the wasp- ish whine of a minie - ball . At the same moment she recognized , once , thrice , just at her back where the hoofs the tart rejoinders - - twice , - - of her ...
Page 100
... followed by the militiamen . Then a confused conflict , a cry for quarter , and a vision of twenty farmers grouped around the rider of the black horse , greeting him with cheers . - Thus it was all the day long . Wherever that black ...
... followed by the militiamen . Then a confused conflict , a cry for quarter , and a vision of twenty farmers grouped around the rider of the black horse , greeting him with cheers . - Thus it was all the day long . Wherever that black ...
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