The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral GroundAppleton, 1873 - 179 էջ |
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... seen pursuing his way through one of the numerous little valleys of Westchester . The easterly wind , with its chill- ing dampness and increasing violence , gave un- erring 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 easterly wind , with its chill- ing dampness and increasing violence , gave un- erring notice of the approach of a storm , which , as usual , might be ...
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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 re- luctance , he stated his necessities and wishes . His request ...
... 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 re- luctance , he stated his necessities and wishes . His request ...
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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 unlicensed robbery , and , not unfrequently , 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 unlicensed robbery , and , not unfrequently , 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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... seen sitting near the entrance , who , by his smiling counte- nance , was evidently a pleased listener to the con- versation . He rose instantly , and coming through the door , with his hat in his hand , appeared a tall , graceful youth ...
... seen sitting near the entrance , who , by his smiling counte- nance , was evidently a pleased listener to the con- versation . He rose instantly , and coming through the door , with his hat in his hand , appeared a tall , graceful youth ...
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