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... sides , now whipping the rivers and creeks for fish ; in the warm months , roving inland in search of moss and grass ... side , bound by the powers of dark- ness to obey her will . She can see into the coming day . She can bring a man ...
... sides , now whipping the rivers and creeks for fish ; in the warm months , roving inland in search of moss and grass ... side , bound by the powers of dark- ness to obey her will . She can see into the coming day . She can bring a man ...
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... side , and knitted by rude hands into these broad , floating masses . At the towns some sturdy helpers may be hired for nothing ; many of the poor peasants being anxious to get down the river on their way to the shrines of Solovetsk ...
... side , and knitted by rude hands into these broad , floating masses . At the towns some sturdy helpers may be hired for nothing ; many of the poor peasants being anxious to get down the river on their way to the shrines of Solovetsk ...
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... side , a captain finds no quay , no dock , no landing - pier , no stair . He brings - to as he can ; and drags his boat into position with a pole , as he would have to do in the Turkish ports of Vidin and Rustchuk . No help is given him ...
... side , a captain finds no quay , no dock , no landing - pier , no stair . He brings - to as he can ; and drags his boat into position with a pole , as he would have to do in the Turkish ports of Vidin and Rustchuk . No help is given him ...
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... side , is her one highway to the sea ; the outlet of her northern waters ; her old and free communication with the world ; an outlet given to her by God , and not to be taken away from her by man . Such as they are , the port and city ...
... side , is her one highway to the sea ; the outlet of her northern waters ; her old and free communication with the world ; an outlet given to her by God , and not to be taken away from her by man . Such as they are , the port and city ...
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... side , built a fort and town on the Dvina , some thirty miles from its mouth ; in which position they could watch the strangers in their country , and exchange with them their wax and skins for cotton shirts and pewter pans . The ...
... side , built a fort and town on the Dvina , some thirty miles from its mouth ; in which position they could watch the strangers in their country , and exchange with them their wax and skins for cotton shirts and pewter pans . The ...
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