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He felt a strange longing within himself as he turned to his machine and resumed his work . All day , while the shop was filled with . dust and the noise of dozens of machines , he lived in a dreamland of his own .
He felt a strange longing within himself as he turned to his machine and resumed his work . All day , while the shop was filled with . dust and the noise of dozens of machines , he lived in a dreamland of his own .
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The steady hammering of the Colt gun kept up and the watching troopers realized that it was turned upon the enemy as they saw the bullets tearing the foliage and ripping up the dry soil in the sides of the hill .
The steady hammering of the Colt gun kept up and the watching troopers realized that it was turned upon the enemy as they saw the bullets tearing the foliage and ripping up the dry soil in the sides of the hill .
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Sure I be , " said Sheeny , and he turned over on his side and coughed violently . A MODERN The troop gathered up the dead , and Sheeny Cohen was at the head of the line . The moon came up and a lizard croaked dismally from a small tree ...
Sure I be , " said Sheeny , and he turned over on his side and coughed violently . A MODERN The troop gathered up the dead , and Sheeny Cohen was at the head of the line . The moon came up and a lizard croaked dismally from a small tree ...
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She turned from me without showing any feeling of shame or regret , or anything , but had seemed a bit toppy about her marriage . In her matrimonial bliss she had evidently lost her love for Mother Hubbards and peppermint lozenges .
She turned from me without showing any feeling of shame or regret , or anything , but had seemed a bit toppy about her marriage . In her matrimonial bliss she had evidently lost her love for Mother Hubbards and peppermint lozenges .
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The clouds gather and roll up before the wind , no longer soft and fleecy , but huge , black , ugly masses , twisting and turning as if lashed to fury by the winds of the gathering storm . The hills and mountains for hours at a time are ...
The clouds gather and roll up before the wind , no longer soft and fleecy , but huge , black , ugly masses , twisting and turning as if lashed to fury by the winds of the gathering storm . The hills and mountains for hours at a time are ...
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