Westward ho !Macmillan, 1887 - Sermons, English |
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... knew it till he dropped , and then his brother and I got him away to the boats , he kicking and struggling , and bidding us let him go on with the fight , though every step he took in the sand was in a pool of blood ; and so we got off ...
... knew it till he dropped , and then his brother and I got him away to the boats , he kicking and struggling , and bidding us let him go on with the fight , though every step he took in the sand was in a pool of blood ; and so we got off ...
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... knew no books whatsoever , save his Bible , his Prayer - book , the old " Mort d'Arthur " of Caxton's edition , which lay in the great bay window in the hall , and the translation of " Las Casas ' History of the West Indies , " which ...
... knew no books whatsoever , save his Bible , his Prayer - book , the old " Mort d'Arthur " of Caxton's edition , which lay in the great bay window in the hall , and the translation of " Las Casas ' History of the West Indies , " which ...
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... knew the names and ways of every bird , and fish , and fly , and could read , as cunningly as the oldest sailor , the meaning of every drift of cloud which crossed the heavens . Lastly , he had been for some time past , on account of ...
... knew the names and ways of every bird , and fish , and fly , and could read , as cunningly as the oldest sailor , the meaning of every drift of cloud which crossed the heavens . Lastly , he had been for some time past , on account of ...
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... knew that he was not yet old enough to go , and that , as he expressed it to her that afternoon , " there was no use hollaing till he was out of the wood . " So he goes up between the rich lane - banks , heavy with drooping ferns and ...
... knew that he was not yet old enough to go , and that , as he expressed it to her that afternoon , " there was no use hollaing till he was out of the wood . " So he goes up between the rich lane - banks , heavy with drooping ferns and ...
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... knew what he had found . Mrs. Leigh was , and had been from her youth , one of those noble old English churchwomen , without superstition , and with- out severity , who are among the fairest features of that heroic time . There was a ...
... knew what he had found . Mrs. Leigh was , and had been from her youth , one of those noble old English churchwomen , without superstition , and with- out severity , who are among the fairest features of that heroic time . There was a ...
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