Prose,Abraham Small. William Brown, printer, 1824 |
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... never before revealed to mortal eye. His figure might have been fashioned in mockery of the human form; his stature reached the clouds, and his shadow darkened the fairest provinces of the globe. He had two heads, which, unlike those of ...
... never before revealed to mortal eye. His figure might have been fashioned in mockery of the human form; his stature reached the clouds, and his shadow darkened the fairest provinces of the globe. He had two heads, which, unlike those of ...
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... never breaks out into blows, he instantly turned for consolation towards the august congress of sovereigns and statesmen at Vienna, who were calmly, solemnly, and deliberately setting the boundaries of nations never to be passed, and ...
... never breaks out into blows, he instantly turned for consolation towards the august congress of sovereigns and statesmen at Vienna, who were calmly, solemnly, and deliberately setting the boundaries of nations never to be passed, and ...
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... never winked, nor withdrew it, day nor night, for two whole weeks, while he watched his old tormentor, carried in the arms of Fortune herself, seated again without resistance on the throne of France, and the cock's combre- placed by her ...
... never winked, nor withdrew it, day nor night, for two whole weeks, while he watched his old tormentor, carried in the arms of Fortune herself, seated again without resistance on the throne of France, and the cock's combre- placed by her ...
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... never so seen before, and which could not be seen so long. It was the vision of a few seconds ; suddenly changing from silvery whiteness to flat shade, without any relief on the surface, as a turn of the road snatched us from the sunny ...
... never so seen before, and which could not be seen so long. It was the vision of a few seconds ; suddenly changing from silvery whiteness to flat shade, without any relief on the surface, as a turn of the road snatched us from the sunny ...
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... never found out ; but as he happened to know mine, that was sufficient for all the purposes of occasional conversation by the way : he was just such company as I like in such a case; he neither bored me with his eternal talk, nor ...
... never found out ; but as he happened to know mine, that was sufficient for all the purposes of occasional conversation by the way : he was just such company as I like in such a case; he neither bored me with his eternal talk, nor ...
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