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... feet square , with only one small window overlooking the back yard , and effectually secured by iron fastenings , so that nobody could open it , there was no possibility of thieves getting in and robbing me when the door was shut and ...
... feet square , with only one small window overlooking the back yard , and effectually secured by iron fastenings , so that nobody could open it , there was no possibility of thieves getting in and robbing me when the door was shut and ...
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... feet upon the decks ! After this I was prepared to believe the story of the old Nuremberger , who , when about to set out on his travels , got on top of his trunk and took hold of each end for the purpose of carrying it to the post ...
... feet upon the decks ! After this I was prepared to believe the story of the old Nuremberger , who , when about to set out on his travels , got on top of his trunk and took hold of each end for the purpose of carrying it to the post ...
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... feet long , and something over the usual width . It rests upon two undivided sleepers of such elastic and well - grained wood that they would bear the entire weight of the carriage , without the necessity of a support in the middle ...
... feet long , and something over the usual width . It rests upon two undivided sleepers of such elastic and well - grained wood that they would bear the entire weight of the carriage , without the necessity of a support in the middle ...
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... feet , and caught the first dazzling light that flashed from the walls and golden cupolas of the Kremlin - whether some shadowy sense of the wondrous beauties of the scene did not enter his soul - is more than I can say with cer- tainty ...
... feet , and caught the first dazzling light that flashed from the walls and golden cupolas of the Kremlin - whether some shadowy sense of the wondrous beauties of the scene did not enter his soul - is more than I can say with cer- tainty ...
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... feet in the Gone Case ; but Dominico , my interpreter , informed me that these traders had never heard of Washoe , and were mostly involved in Russian securities - old breeches , boots , stockings , and the like . He did not think my ...
... feet in the Gone Case ; but Dominico , my interpreter , informed me that these traders had never heard of Washoe , and were mostly involved in Russian securities - old breeches , boots , stockings , and the like . He did not think my ...
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