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... weary legs drag All the way to Jehol - for they've all got to foot it . The guards from the Banners now look no great shakes , For so sudden a flight a great difference makes ; And the same men who formerly turned out so spruce 8 THE ...
... weary legs drag All the way to Jehol - for they've all got to foot it . The guards from the Banners now look no great shakes , For so sudden a flight a great difference makes ; And the same men who formerly turned out so spruce 8 THE ...
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... weary , our boots full of holes , Some of them , too , being minus the soles ; Made only for show , they would fall off one's feet , If , ' stead of a journey , one crossed but a street . In crossing a river our thoughts soon would run ...
... weary , our boots full of holes , Some of them , too , being minus the soles ; Made only for show , they would fall off one's feet , If , ' stead of a journey , one crossed but a street . In crossing a river our thoughts soon would run ...
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... weary limbs ease ; Old white - bearded rustics we passed made us feel , † The contempt they themselves took no pains to conceal . * The " First Emperor . " † The old men on the road pointed at them with ridi- cule , calling them cowards ...
... weary limbs ease ; Old white - bearded rustics we passed made us feel , † The contempt they themselves took no pains to conceal . * The " First Emperor . " † The old men on the road pointed at them with ridi- cule , calling them cowards ...
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... weary still he ran ; Towns and hamlets he passed unheeded , He dreaded to go near the haunts of man . Over the dusty road he sped , With wearied limbs and feet that bled , For he knew that a price was set on his head . Over the hot and ...
... weary still he ran ; Towns and hamlets he passed unheeded , He dreaded to go near the haunts of man . Over the dusty road he sped , With wearied limbs and feet that bled , For he knew that a price was set on his head . Over the hot and ...
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... Weary and footsore , sad and sorrow - laden ; And tune my muse once more to fair Mếng Cheng , And sing of what befel the gentle maiden . ' Twas eventide , the sun was sinking fast , And , as he sank down in his western bed , His dying ...
... Weary and footsore , sad and sorrow - laden ; And tune my muse once more to fair Mếng Cheng , And sing of what befel the gentle maiden . ' Twas eventide , the sun was sinking fast , And , as he sank down in his western bed , His dying ...
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