Overland Monthly: Devoted to the Development of the Country, Volume 2A. Roman and Company, 1965 |
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Page 56
... eyes . O tend'rest eyes I knew ! Forever the ocean ! Until her heart seemed even to time its beat With the pulse and the throb of the waters that drifted to her feet ; She smiled when the sea was smiling , and her face in the tempest ...
... eyes . O tend'rest eyes I knew ! Forever the ocean ! Until her heart seemed even to time its beat With the pulse and the throb of the waters that drifted to her feet ; She smiled when the sea was smiling , and her face in the tempest ...
Page 80
... eyes glittered like those of a basi- lisk as he proposed that we should draw lots to determine who should be immolated . Every one at first recoiled with unfeigned horror ; but in a few minutes the proposition familiarized it- self to ...
... eyes glittered like those of a basi- lisk as he proposed that we should draw lots to determine who should be immolated . Every one at first recoiled with unfeigned horror ; but in a few minutes the proposition familiarized it- self to ...
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... eyes were sunken and burned with a ghastly glare ; the dampness of the grave was upon the shrivelled brow . The wound on the side of the head gaped hideously . I was too terrified to speak - too terri- fied to move - but stood ...
... eyes were sunken and burned with a ghastly glare ; the dampness of the grave was upon the shrivelled brow . The wound on the side of the head gaped hideously . I was too terrified to speak - too terri- fied to move - but stood ...
Contents
After RomanceReality | 32 |
Buried Alive in the | 87 |
Prospectors Story A Prentice Mulford 336 | 93 |
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