A Winter Pilgrimage: Being an Account of Travels Through Palestine, Italy, and the Island of Cyprus, Accomplished in the Year 1900Longmans, Green, and Company, 1904 - 376 pages |
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... THE LILY . PEARL - MAIDEN . RURAL ENGLAND . SHE . STELLA FREGELIUS . SWALLOW . THE PEOPLE OF THE MIST . THE WITCH'S HEAD . ( IN COLLABORATION WITH ANDREW LANG ) THE WORLD'S DESIRE . 1 CATHEDRAL OF ST . SOPHIA , FAMAGUSTA A WINTER.
... THE LILY . PEARL - MAIDEN . RURAL ENGLAND . SHE . STELLA FREGELIUS . SWALLOW . THE PEOPLE OF THE MIST . THE WITCH'S HEAD . ( IN COLLABORATION WITH ANDREW LANG ) THE WORLD'S DESIRE . 1 CATHEDRAL OF ST . SOPHIA , FAMAGUSTA A WINTER.
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... head , while beneath them roars a torrent , its waters cream - thick with snow . These vanish also as the white curtain grows too dense for the eye to pierce . Suddenly it thins and lifts , and there , far down below , appears a toy ...
... head , while beneath them roars a torrent , its waters cream - thick with snow . These vanish also as the white curtain grows too dense for the eye to pierce . Suddenly it thins and lifts , and there , far down below , appears a toy ...
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... head . Imagine how such an unex- pected compliment would have been received by the average English navvy ! Next morning the police - courts would have rung with it . As it was , remembering the fiery southern blood , I expected to see ...
... head . Imagine how such an unex- pected compliment would have been received by the average English navvy ! Next morning the police - courts would have rung with it . As it was , remembering the fiery southern blood , I expected to see ...
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... head to foot , covering the wearer , all but his hands and feet , so that nothing of him can be seen save perhaps his eyes as they glitter through the little openings in the hood . Six of them go together , three in front and three ...
... head to foot , covering the wearer , all but his hands and feet , so that nothing of him can be seen save perhaps his eyes as they glitter through the little openings in the hood . Six of them go together , three in front and three ...
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... its reflection still dwells there . It is a chamber to leave with a bowed head and a humble heart . The palace of the Signoria is surmounted by a famous and beautiful tower of wondrous architecture that soars I 36 A WINTER PILGRIMAGE.
... its reflection still dwells there . It is a chamber to leave with a bowed head and a humble heart . The palace of the Signoria is surmounted by a famous and beautiful tower of wondrous architecture that soars I 36 A WINTER PILGRIMAGE.
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