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Page 2
Occasionally he pressed his hand to his side as if in pain ; but maugre pain ,
weariness , or anguish , he pressed on , admonished by the lengthening
shadows of the approach of night . Turning his great , sad , brown eyes at last to
where the ...
Occasionally he pressed his hand to his side as if in pain ; but maugre pain ,
weariness , or anguish , he pressed on , admonished by the lengthening
shadows of the approach of night . Turning his great , sad , brown eyes at last to
where the ...
Page 9
He pressed his hand to his side , as if suffering intolerable anguish , and
murmured : “ Will I find shelter there ? ... and , sitting among the rustling leaves
heedless of the lowering clouds and threatened storm , buried his face in his
hands .
He pressed his hand to his side , as if suffering intolerable anguish , and
murmured : “ Will I find shelter there ? ... and , sitting among the rustling leaves
heedless of the lowering clouds and threatened storm , buried his face in his
hands .
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His sharp young eyes were enabled to penetrate the deepening shades of
twilight , and he saw a ghastly pallor overspreading the man's face , who ,
pressing his hand upon his side , gave vent to gasps of keen agony . His left side
was ...
His sharp young eyes were enabled to penetrate the deepening shades of
twilight , and he saw a ghastly pallor overspreading the man's face , who ,
pressing his hand upon his side , gave vent to gasps of keen agony . His left side
was ...
Page 17
In places it was so dense he was compelled to part the underbrush with his
hands . Centuries of summer suns had warmed the tops of the same noble oaks
and pines , sending their heat even to the roots . Though the early frosts of
October ...
In places it was so dense he was compelled to part the underbrush with his
hands . Centuries of summer suns had warmed the tops of the same noble oaks
and pines , sending their heat even to the roots . Though the early frosts of
October ...
Page 19
The stranger dismounted from his horse and slipped his left hand through the
rein , allowing the tired beast to graze , while with his right hand he began
searching in his pockets for something . “ Would you have a Catholic king ? ” he
asked ...
The stranger dismounted from his horse and slipped his left hand through the
rein , allowing the tired beast to graze , while with his right hand he began
searching in his pockets for something . “ Would you have a Catholic king ? ” he
asked ...
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