The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, EsqB. Tauchnitz, 1843 - 361 pages |
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... seemed as if I had closed one volume of the world and its concerns , and had time for meditation before I opened another . That land , too , now vanishing from my view , which contained all that was most dear to me in life ; what ...
... seemed as if I had closed one volume of the world and its concerns , and had time for meditation before I opened another . That land , too , now vanishing from my view , which contained all that was most dear to me in life ; what ...
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... seemed to have thrown an insurmount- able barrier . We one day descried some shapeless object drifting at a distance . At sea , every thing that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention . It proved to be the ...
... seemed to have thrown an insurmount- able barrier . We one day descried some shapeless object drifting at a distance . At sea , every thing that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention . It proved to be the ...
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... seemed rent asunder by flashes of lightning that quivered along the foaming billows , and made the succeeding darkness doubly terrible . The thunders bellowed over the wild waste of waters , and were echoed and prolonged by the mountain ...
... seemed rent asunder by flashes of lightning that quivered along the foaming billows , and made the succeeding darkness doubly terrible . The thunders bellowed over the wild waste of waters , and were echoed and prolonged by the mountain ...
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... seemed disappointed and agitated ; when I heard a faint voice call her name . It was from a poor sailor who had been ill all the voyage , and had excited the sympathy of every one on board . When the weather was fine , his messmates had ...
... seemed disappointed and agitated ; when I heard a faint voice call her name . It was from a poor sailor who had been ill all the voyage , and had excited the sympathy of every one on board . When the weather was fine , his messmates had ...
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... seemed to call forth a flash of triumphant pride and cherishing tenderness , as if he doted on his lovely burthen for its very helplessness . Never did a couple set forward on the flowery path of early and well - 2 * THE WIFE . 19.
... seemed to call forth a flash of triumphant pride and cherishing tenderness , as if he doted on his lovely burthen for its very helplessness . Never did a couple set forward on the flowery path of early and well - 2 * THE WIFE . 19.
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