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... beautiful bridge , " a newly - laid causeway of large round logs , with a slough of despond to be crossed in order to reach it . I would not consent to turn back , however , and in we went , the buggy standing it most commendably . When ...
... beautiful bridge , " a newly - laid causeway of large round logs , with a slough of despond to be crossed in order to reach it . I would not consent to turn back , however , and in we went , the buggy standing it most commendably . When ...
Page 23
... beautiful bridge " half a mile long ! Half a rod was enough for me , I cried for quarter , and was permitted to pick my way over its slippery eminences , to the utter annihilation of a pair of Lane's shoes . CHAPTER III . The greatness ...
... beautiful bridge " half a mile long ! Half a rod was enough for me , I cried for quarter , and was permitted to pick my way over its slippery eminences , to the utter annihilation of a pair of Lane's shoes . CHAPTER III . The greatness ...
Page 47
... beautiful and fragrant they were . Mr. Clavers offered guerdon - remuneration , but our oriental friend seemed shy of accepting any thing of the sort . " If you've a mind to trade , I ' ve got a lot o ' notions I'd like to sell you ...
... beautiful and fragrant they were . Mr. Clavers offered guerdon - remuneration , but our oriental friend seemed shy of accepting any thing of the sort . " If you've a mind to trade , I ' ve got a lot o ' notions I'd like to sell you ...
Page 55
... beautiful , though a leetle marshy at the sides . The dead silence , the utter loneliness , the impenetrable shade , which covered the site of the future city , might well call to mind the desolation which has settled on Tadmor and ...
... beautiful , though a leetle marshy at the sides . The dead silence , the utter loneliness , the impenetrable shade , which covered the site of the future city , might well call to mind the desolation which has settled on Tadmor and ...
Page 110
... beautiful snake , " he declared , " was coming up to the back door . " To the back door we ran ; and there , to be sure , was a large rattle - snake , or massasauga , lazily winding its course towards the house , Alice standing still to ...
... beautiful snake , " he declared , " was coming up to the back door . " To the back door we ran ; and there , to be sure , was a large rattle - snake , or massasauga , lazily winding its course towards the house , Alice standing still to ...
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