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... heard her first feeble movements in the hollow coffin . I heard them - many , many days ago - yet I dared not - I dared not speak ! And now to - night - Ethelred - ha ! ha ! -the breaking of the hermit's door , and the death - cry of ...
... heard her first feeble movements in the hollow coffin . I heard them - many , many days ago - yet I dared not - I dared not speak ! And now to - night - Ethelred - ha ! ha ! -the breaking of the hermit's door , and the death - cry of ...
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heard , I had not a shadow of doubt that they were in search of me . One I heard say , " I ought to catch such a fellow , the only liberty he should have for one fort- night , would be ten feet of rope . " Another I heard say , " I ...
heard , I had not a shadow of doubt that they were in search of me . One I heard say , " I ought to catch such a fellow , the only liberty he should have for one fort- night , would be ten feet of rope . " Another I heard say , " I ...
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ments were grotesque and horrible , their forms gi- gantic . Suddenly he heard a sharp report and something struck the water smartly within a few inches of his head , spattering his face with spray . He heard a second report , and saw ...
ments were grotesque and horrible , their forms gi- gantic . Suddenly he heard a sharp report and something struck the water smartly within a few inches of his head , spattering his face with spray . He heard a second report , and saw ...
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BERNARD MALAMUD | 20 |
THE NOBEL PRIZE 27 | 64 |
RALPH ELLISON | 75 |
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