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Page xlvii
... farms . After having collected together a large library , he had the misfortune of seeing it con- sumed by fire in 1728. Still many sagas remained in his own private library , and others were afterwards sent him from Iceland , so that ...
... farms . After having collected together a large library , he had the misfortune of seeing it con- sumed by fire in 1728. Still many sagas remained in his own private library , and others were afterwards sent him from Iceland , so that ...
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... farm on the top , but the house itself was invisible , either sunk in a depression , or with the slope of its turf ... farms , he set his Irish slaves to plough the sandy soil with his one ox . The rogues were idly disposed and soon ...
... farm on the top , but the house itself was invisible , either sunk in a depression , or with the slope of its turf ... farms , he set his Irish slaves to plough the sandy soil with his one ox . The rogues were idly disposed and soon ...
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... farm , whilst their goods were being dried , and till the women of the party were sufficiently recovered from cold and exposure to continue their journey to Drontheim , whither the whole party were bound : after which they left Thorfin ...
... farm , whilst their goods were being dried , and till the women of the party were sufficiently recovered from cold and exposure to continue their journey to Drontheim , whither the whole party were bound : after which they left Thorfin ...
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... farms over the heads of the sleeping inmates , and with the points of their spears drove the shrieking wretches back into the flames . When these pirates wrought themselves up into their Berserkir rages , they howled like wolves ...
... farms over the heads of the sleeping inmates , and with the points of their spears drove the shrieking wretches back into the flames . When these pirates wrought themselves up into their Berserkir rages , they howled like wolves ...
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... farm , when the strange proceedings of a craft , at no great distance , attracted his attention . He noticed that she stole along in the shadows of the islets , and darted with velocity across the open - water straits between them ; she ...
... farm , when the strange proceedings of a craft , at no great distance , attracted his attention . He noticed that she stole along in the shadows of the islets , and darted with velocity across the open - water straits between them ; she ...
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