Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 7R.H. Whitten Company, 1906 |
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... face was hand- some , though distorted with agony . 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 ...
... face was hand- some , though distorted with agony . 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 ...
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... society than a Vesuvius to Pompeii . When John Louder said his gun was bewitched , there was no incredulous smile on his companions ' faces . The political complexion of New England at that time no THE MAN WITH THE BOOK . 5.
... society than a Vesuvius to Pompeii . When John Louder said his gun was bewitched , there was no incredulous smile on his companions ' faces . The political complexion of New England at that time no THE MAN WITH THE BOOK . 5.
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... face was miscon- strued by the superstitious hunters into a look of fiendish triumph , and John Louder , seizing the arm of Bly , whispered : " It is he ! " " Perhaps " " I know it , Bly , for he hath followed me all day . " " Then ...
... face was miscon- strued by the superstitious hunters into a look of fiendish triumph , and John Louder , seizing the arm of Bly , whispered : " It is he ! " " Perhaps " " I know it , Bly , for he hath followed me all day . " " Then ...
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... face and laugh at me . " The three walked hastily along , casting wary and uneasy glances behind as the horseman drew nearer . Each trembled lest the horseman should speak , and once or twice he seemed as if he would ; but pain , or ...
... face and laugh at me . " The three walked hastily along , casting wary and uneasy glances behind as the horseman drew nearer . Each trembled lest the horseman should speak , and once or twice he seemed as if he would ; but pain , or ...
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... face in his hands . Two hours had certainly elapsed since he first came in sight of Salem , and yet so slow had been his pace , that he had not reached the village ; but on the earth , threatened with a raging tempest , he breathed in ...
... face in his hands . Two hours had certainly elapsed since he first came in sight of Salem , and yet so slow had been his pace , that he had not reached the village ; but on the earth , threatened with a raging tempest , he breathed in ...
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