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... river , whose waters , when not brawling over a rocky bed in impetuous velocity , or raging down a narrow gorge in misty spray , were curling calmly in deep pools or cauldrons , the dark surfaces of which were speckled with foam , and ...
... river , whose waters , when not brawling over a rocky bed in impetuous velocity , or raging down a narrow gorge in misty spray , were curling calmly in deep pools or cauldrons , the dark surfaces of which were speckled with foam , and ...
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... river , on the banks of which my terrible prison was built . I reached the water , I made one plunge , under I went , and there I stopped for five hours and three - quarters , until , in fact , I hardly think I could have stopped any ...
... river , on the banks of which my terrible prison was built . I reached the water , I made one plunge , under I went , and there I stopped for five hours and three - quarters , until , in fact , I hardly think I could have stopped any ...
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... river , and swam far , far away ; but , thought I , if I but throw myself on to the governor , I shall break my fall and his head at the same time , getting away with THE GOVERNOR'S FATE . THE BAG . 1 equal speed . I had reckoned ...
... river , and swam far , far away ; but , thought I , if I but throw myself on to the governor , I shall break my fall and his head at the same time , getting away with THE GOVERNOR'S FATE . THE BAG . 1 equal speed . I had reckoned ...
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... river before sunset , offered to show the gentlemen the best pools . " The gentlemen " leaped at the offer more eagerly than ever trout leaped at an artificial fly ; for they were pro- foundly ignorant of the gentle art except as it is ...
... river before sunset , offered to show the gentlemen the best pools . " The gentlemen " leaped at the offer more eagerly than ever trout leaped at an artificial fly ; for they were pro- foundly ignorant of the gentle art except as it is ...
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... river hard by ; the interstices were filled up with mud and straw . Nothing graced these walls in the shape of ornament ; but a few mugs and tin pots and several culinary implements hung from rusty nails and wooden pegs . The floor was ...
... river hard by ; the interstices were filled up with mud and straw . Nothing graced these walls in the shape of ornament ; but a few mugs and tin pots and several culinary implements hung from rusty nails and wooden pegs . The floor was ...
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