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... become trunks , which came down from banyan - trees on the ground above , and finding their way through crev- ices in the roof , took root in the floor of the cave . I took away one of them , about one- third of an inch in diameter and ...
... become trunks , which came down from banyan - trees on the ground above , and finding their way through crev- ices in the roof , took root in the floor of the cave . I took away one of them , about one- third of an inch in diameter and ...
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... become of me . I should go crazy if I did not go to Europe , and I should certainly go crazy if I did . " " Well , " I said , " you have not gone yet , and nevertheless you are not crazy . " She looked at me a moment , and said : " I am ...
... become of me . I should go crazy if I did not go to Europe , and I should certainly go crazy if I did . " " Well , " I said , " you have not gone yet , and nevertheless you are not crazy . " She looked at me a moment , and said : " I am ...
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... become suspicious . " Does the old cat think we are after her and her money ? " said Captain Luttrell with an oath . Captain Luttrell , being always in debt , and having nothing to depend upon but his pay and his winnings at cards ...
... become suspicious . " Does the old cat think we are after her and her money ? " said Captain Luttrell with an oath . Captain Luttrell , being always in debt , and having nothing to depend upon but his pay and his winnings at cards ...
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... become hateful . Now , thinking it over , he could not see how he had been so weak . He had repented as soon as the promise was given , and , pleading an urgent recall to his regi- ment , had escaped without making the proposed visit ...
... become hateful . Now , thinking it over , he could not see how he had been so weak . He had repented as soon as the promise was given , and , pleading an urgent recall to his regi- ment , had escaped without making the proposed visit ...
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... become friends . He had even promised to take her out on the ice the next day . Claudia had chosen to treat him coldly ; her smile had not deceived him ; her mother had reproached him openly , but they should see that he was indifferent ...
... become friends . He had even promised to take her out on the ice the next day . Claudia had chosen to treat him coldly ; her smile had not deceived him ; her mother had reproached him openly , but they should see that he was indifferent ...
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Página 396 - I shall correct the procedure ; but that done, return with joy to that state of things, when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution ? I tender you the homage of my high respect.
Página 448 - Noah kep' a-nailin' an' a-chippin' an' a-sawin'; An' all de wicked neighbors kep' a-laughin' an' a-pshawin' ; But Noah didn't min' 'em, knowin' whut wuz gwine to happen: An' forty days an' forty nights de rain it kep' a-drappin'. Now, Noah had done cotched a lot ob ebry sort o' beas'es — Ob all de shows a-trabbelin', it beat 'em all to pieces ! He had a Morgan colt an' sebral head o' Jarsey cattle — An' druv 'em 'board de Ark as soon's he heered de thunder rattle.
Página 594 - O, wither'd is the garland of the war, The soldier's pole is fall'n : young boys and girls Are level now with men ; the odds is gone, And there is nothing left remarkable Beneath the visiting moon.
Página 404 - I have asked myself so often why I should be a poet more than other men, seeing how great a thing it is, — how great things are to be gained by it, what a thing to be in the mouth of Fame, — that at last the idea has grown so monstrously beyond my seeming power of attainment, that the other day I nearly consented with myself to drop into a Phaethon.
Página 135 - I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and wound up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer.
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Página 638 - But these are all lies : men have died from time to time and worms have eaten them, but not for love.
Página 259 - may go and play," While I manage the world by myself. But harness me down with your iron bands, Be sure of your curb and rein, For I scorn the strength of your puny hands As the tempest scorns a chain.