The First Lieutenant's Story, Volume 140Routledge, 1856 - 455 pages |
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... round the girl to carry her down , when she drew back , exclaiming in English , " Save him first , " and pointing in frightful agony to her father . I tried still to save her , but she kept retreating backwards , almost into the flames ...
... round the girl to carry her down , when she drew back , exclaiming in English , " Save him first , " and pointing in frightful agony to her father . I tried still to save her , but she kept retreating backwards , almost into the flames ...
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... round her the folds o the large shawl she had on ; and then clinging on for her life , she endured with wonderful fortitude the raging heat , sheltering her face as best she could , but being forced to allow her hands to be scorched ...
... round her the folds o the large shawl she had on ; and then clinging on for her life , she endured with wonderful fortitude the raging heat , sheltering her face as best she could , but being forced to allow her hands to be scorched ...
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... round , and always seeing some one else near , he passed on again . At length , with an evident effort , he bade me follow him to his cabin . I did so with a trembling heart ; but when the door was shut behind me , I am mistaken if his ...
... round , and always seeing some one else near , he passed on again . At length , with an evident effort , he bade me follow him to his cabin . I did so with a trembling heart ; but when the door was shut behind me , I am mistaken if his ...
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... rounded by a dense and shabby population . I stood a moment at the door , thinking it impossible that it could be the house ; then determining in my heart that it should not be , I was turn- ing away , when a little Italian barber ...
... rounded by a dense and shabby population . I stood a moment at the door , thinking it impossible that it could be the house ; then determining in my heart that it should not be , I was turn- ing away , when a little Italian barber ...
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... round in his chair , having been awakened from his noon - day sleep by his child's dress brushing past him ; when , seeing her in tears by my side , he exclaimed , in a shrill tone , - " Eh ! what's the matter - what's the matter ? What ...
... round in his chair , having been awakened from his noon - day sleep by his child's dress brushing past him ; when , seeing her in tears by my side , he exclaimed , in a shrill tone , - " Eh ! what's the matter - what's the matter ? What ...
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Page 329 - Blest power of sunshine ! — genial Day, What balm, what life is in thy ray ! To feel thee is such real bliss, That had the world no joy but this, To sit in sunshine calm and sweet, — It were a world too exquisite For man to leave it for the gloom, The deep, cold shadow of the tomb.
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