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Page 55
... feet . Dr. Hickey leaned forward and took hold of his horse ; I did likewise , with the trifling difference that my horse took hold of me , and I steered for Flurry Knox with single - hearted purpose , the hounds , already a field ahead ...
... feet . Dr. Hickey leaned forward and took hold of his horse ; I did likewise , with the trifling difference that my horse took hold of me , and I steered for Flurry Knox with single - hearted purpose , the hounds , already a field ahead ...
Page 278
... feet on the northerly , lee side of the sand ridge and fought on . whipped about on his heaving flanks . He seemed watching that wall of blown water from the Gulf . Watching steadily , un- daunted . The sands under the racing froth ...
... feet on the northerly , lee side of the sand ridge and fought on . whipped about on his heaving flanks . He seemed watching that wall of blown water from the Gulf . Watching steadily , un- daunted . The sands under the racing froth ...
Page 289
... feet touched the ground , my other one was alongside the horse's jaw . I hear a snorting beller that sounds away off and I gets a hazy glimpse of the roman- nosed lantern - jawed head that was making it - I'd recognized the whole of it ...
... feet touched the ground , my other one was alongside the horse's jaw . I hear a snorting beller that sounds away off and I gets a hazy glimpse of the roman- nosed lantern - jawed head that was making it - I'd recognized the whole of it ...
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In the Beginning | 5 |
The Country of the Houyhnhnms | 13 |
Baron Munchausen Acquires A Horse | 29 |
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