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... seemed to come after we had waited hours . That instant seemed to me the most intense I had ever ex- perienced , and proportionately was I alarmed when I heard the fearful cry of Margaret in her agony , at finding the bed empty , and ...
... seemed to come after we had waited hours . That instant seemed to me the most intense I had ever ex- perienced , and proportionately was I alarmed when I heard the fearful cry of Margaret in her agony , at finding the bed empty , and ...
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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant. For we watched the long night through , and it seemed to me as if the day would never come . In the early dawn , the first tidings were very melancholy , and were brought by Mr. Young the exciseman . They had ...
Margaret Oliphant Oliphant. For we watched the long night through , and it seemed to me as if the day would never come . In the early dawn , the first tidings were very melancholy , and were brought by Mr. Young the exciseman . They had ...
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... seemed that our short palaver suggested some evil to old Nanny , for she got up and demanded that we should tell her the worst , if we knew anything to tell . It was as terrible to both of us to meet that old woman , as it would have ...
... seemed that our short palaver suggested some evil to old Nanny , for she got up and demanded that we should tell her the worst , if we knew anything to tell . It was as terrible to both of us to meet that old woman , as it would have ...
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... seemed so out of place , and at sea , when I took him into my parlour , as if he had never seen a carpeted floor , or so many books before , though my carpet was a very common one , and my books but few , that I could not help comparing ...
... seemed so out of place , and at sea , when I took him into my parlour , as if he had never seen a carpeted floor , or so many books before , though my carpet was a very common one , and my books but few , that I could not help comparing ...
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... seemed very curious , but did not touch anything , he noticed with especial attention ; and having found out all about him , in a careless , off - hand way , from the people who had gathered to see the unwonted " thirling " of a stack ...
... seemed very curious , but did not touch anything , he noticed with especial attention ; and having found out all about him , in a careless , off - hand way , from the people who had gathered to see the unwonted " thirling " of a stack ...
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