The Borderers: A Tale, Volume 2Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1829 |
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... buildings , he motioned hurriedly to Dudley to follow , and left the place . There was , in good truth , that in the se- cluded situation of the valley , the darkness of the hour , and the nature of the several inter- ruptions , which ...
... buildings , he motioned hurriedly to Dudley to follow , and left the place . There was , in good truth , that in the se- cluded situation of the valley , the darkness of the hour , and the nature of the several inter- ruptions , which ...
Page 7
... buildings , where the eye might overlook the palisadoes that hedged the sides of the acclivity , and command a view be- yond of all that the dusky and imperfect light would reveal . It was a scene that required familiarity with a border ...
... buildings , where the eye might overlook the palisadoes that hedged the sides of the acclivity , and command a view be- yond of all that the dusky and imperfect light would reveal . It was a scene that required familiarity with a border ...
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... buildings , and , for a moment , terror and surprise appeared to involve the assailed in inextricable confusion . But the promptitude of the young men in rush- ing to the rescue , with the steadiness of Content , soon restored order ...
... buildings , and , for a moment , terror and surprise appeared to involve the assailed in inextricable confusion . But the promptitude of the young men in rush- ing to the rescue , with the steadiness of Content , soon restored order ...
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... building which faced the stream that ran at the foot of the hill . It had a single projecting window , through which there was a view of the forest , and of the fields on that side of the valley . Small openings in its sides , admitted ...
... building which faced the stream that ran at the foot of the hill . It had a single projecting window , through which there was a view of the forest , and of the fields on that side of the valley . Small openings in its sides , admitted ...
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... building , an interior partition of timber pro- tected the place against the entrance of most missiles then known in the warfare of the coun- try . During the infancy of the children , this room had been their sleeping apartment ; nor ...
... building , an interior partition of timber pro- tected the place against the entrance of most missiles then known in the warfare of the coun- try . During the infancy of the children , this room had been their sleeping apartment ; nor ...
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Page 18 - There needs no ghost, my lord, come from the grave, To tell us this. Ham. Why, right; you are in the right ; And so, without more circumstance at all, I hold it fit, that we shake hands, and part: You, as your business, and desire, shall point you; — For every man...
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