Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 13R.H. Whitten Company, 1906 |
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... night of his departure he was at home with his wife and two little children , one and two years of age . The infants slept in their little bed , and never dreamed that their father was bidding them a last farewell . The young mother and ...
... night of his departure he was at home with his wife and two little children , one and two years of age . The infants slept in their little bed , and never dreamed that their father was bidding them a last farewell . The young mother and ...
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... night by inner , solid , wooden shutters . But in finer build- ings - indeed , in most - they were grand affairs . Some were in the form of iron frame bay windows of elaborate design , with their protecting ironwork of the richest ...
... night by inner , solid , wooden shutters . But in finer build- ings - indeed , in most - they were grand affairs . Some were in the form of iron frame bay windows of elaborate design , with their protecting ironwork of the richest ...
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... night teemed with wondrously beautiful occupants , was the canopied balconies ; and no city in the world possessed so many , fashioned in such beautiful and fantastic form . Other cities have balconies , but the Spanish balcony is the ...
... night teemed with wondrously beautiful occupants , was the canopied balconies ; and no city in the world possessed so many , fashioned in such beautiful and fantastic form . Other cities have balconies , but the Spanish balcony is the ...
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... night unseen ? " " I can try . " " At the Cathedral door , as the clock strikes two , you will find a person standing . Follow her . Now you had better go , señor , and prepare to leave Ha- vana , never to return . " The air of mystery ...
... night unseen ? " " I can try . " " At the Cathedral door , as the clock strikes two , you will find a person standing . Follow her . Now you had better go , señor , and prepare to leave Ha- vana , never to return . " The air of mystery ...
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... nights which can be found nowhere save in Cuba . The stars shone with tropical bril- liance from a fairer sky than Italy can boast . At last the city was left behind , and they emerged on a country road . They had no trouble in passing ...
... nights which can be found nowhere save in Cuba . The stars shone with tropical bril- liance from a fairer sky than Italy can boast . At last the city was left behind , and they emerged on a country road . They had no trouble in passing ...
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