The Mountain Way: An Anthology in Prose and VerseDent, 1938 - 655 էջ |
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... distance ; then two stone huts near together , and one or two others a little be- yond . We soon found that there were inhabitants , and we were received with simplicity , and with that composure and seeming absence of curiosity which I ...
... distance ; then two stone huts near together , and one or two others a little be- yond . We soon found that there were inhabitants , and we were received with simplicity , and with that composure and seeming absence of curiosity which I ...
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... distance ! But everything turned out all right , and at last I reached the block , which was frozen into the ice . Seven steps upward on the left , and I stood above it - and the obstacle which had kept me busy for a full hour , was ...
... distance ! But everything turned out all right , and at last I reached the block , which was frozen into the ice . Seven steps upward on the left , and I stood above it - and the obstacle which had kept me busy for a full hour , was ...
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... distance we two followed the others , detached from them , and should have con- tinued so had not Lord Francis Douglas asked me , about 3 p.m. , to tie on to old Peter , as he feared , he said , that Taugwalder would not be able to hold ...
... distance we two followed the others , detached from them , and should have con- tinued so had not Lord Francis Douglas asked me , about 3 p.m. , to tie on to old Peter , as he feared , he said , that Taugwalder would not be able to hold ...
Common terms and phrases
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