The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral GroundPutnam, 1897 - 430 էջ |
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... seen pursuing his way through one of the numerous little valleys of Westchester . ' The east- erly wind , with its chilling dampness and increasing violence , gave unerring notice of the approach of a storm , which , as usual , might be ...
... seen pursuing his way through one of the numerous little valleys of Westchester . ' The east- erly wind , with its chilling dampness and increasing violence , gave unerring notice of the approach of a storm , which , as usual , might be ...
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... seen cautiously opening the door of the building to examine the stranger ; and perhaps , with an averted face , communicating the result of her observations to her husband , who , in the rear of the building , was pre- pared to seek ...
... seen cautiously opening the door of the building to examine the stranger ; and perhaps , with an averted face , communicating the result of her observations to her husband , who , in the rear of the building , was pre- pared to seek ...
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... seen to cause the horseman to endeavor , once more , to penetrate the gloom , with longing eyes , in search of a more promising roof , before , with an ill - concealed reluctance , he stated his necessities and wishes . His request was ...
... seen to cause the horseman to endeavor , once more , to penetrate the gloom , with longing eyes , in search of a more promising roof , before , with an ill - concealed reluctance , he stated his necessities and wishes . His request was ...
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... seen much of life and the best society . The ladies were , a maiden of forty , and two much younger , who did not seem , indeed , to have reached half those years . The bloom of the elder of these ladies had vanished , but her eyes and ...
... seen much of life and the best society . The ladies were , a maiden of forty , and two much younger , who did not seem , indeed , to have reached half those years . The bloom of the elder of these ladies had vanished , but her eyes and ...
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... seen giving the sanction of something like legality to acts of the most unlicenced robbery , and , not un- frequently , of bloodshed . On the part of the British , the stimulus of loyalty was by no means suffered to sleep , where so ...
... seen giving the sanction of something like legality to acts of the most unlicenced robbery , and , not un- frequently , of bloodshed . On the part of the British , the stimulus of loyalty was by no means suffered to sleep , where so ...
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The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground ; with the Portrait of the Author James Fenimore Cooper Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1842 |
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