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... seemed as if everything belonged to everybody alike ; and there was not a bolt shot nor a door locked in the whole village by night or by day - whether the house inmates were helpless through sleep , or absent at market , or " to ...
... seemed as if everything belonged to everybody alike ; and there was not a bolt shot nor a door locked in the whole village by night or by day - whether the house inmates were helpless through sleep , or absent at market , or " to ...
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... seemed to be no sun left in the sky . Now she was glad he had chosen the profession . Natu- rally , to her mind it was the finest a man could choose . Had not her dear uncle , and her grand- father before him , been its shining lights ...
... seemed to be no sun left in the sky . Now she was glad he had chosen the profession . Natu- rally , to her mind it was the finest a man could choose . Had not her dear uncle , and her grand- father before him , been its shining lights ...
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... seemed to struggle against the shadowy influence in the best way he could , the old joyous harmony that had been for so many years unbroken between them still went on , and this visit of the bright young sailor to his friends at home ...
... seemed to struggle against the shadowy influence in the best way he could , the old joyous harmony that had been for so many years unbroken between them still went on , and this visit of the bright young sailor to his friends at home ...
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... seemed to have got into her throat that changed the quality of her voice , even to her own ears . Neither could she look at Gordon as she was accustomed to look at him . She felt bashful , and as if her eyes refused to go his way ...
... seemed to have got into her throat that changed the quality of her voice , even to her own ears . Neither could she look at Gordon as she was accustomed to look at him . She felt bashful , and as if her eyes refused to go his way ...
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... seemed to have cleared both her and Gordon from that formless trouble of the night before , and the happy companionship they had always known , affec- tionate and unconscious , had come back as if it had never received a check . Long ...
... seemed to have cleared both her and Gordon from that formless trouble of the night before , and the happy companionship they had always known , affec- tionate and unconscious , had come back as if it had never received a check . Long ...
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