The Mystic Flowery Land: A Personal NarrativeLuzac, 1896 - 231 pages |
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... rise in life . Indeed he cut some very queer capers when admiring the new white - braided clothes I had made for him , as it is customary and very necessary - if only for the sake of cleanliness , and to dis- tinguish him from the rest ...
... rise in life . Indeed he cut some very queer capers when admiring the new white - braided clothes I had made for him , as it is customary and very necessary - if only for the sake of cleanliness , and to dis- tinguish him from the rest ...
Page 33
... rise or make the slightest noise until he had recon- noitred the position . He then crept forward on hands and knees , leaving us amongst a forest of smoke - begrimed chimneys , anxiously awaiting the issue . It was a clear starlight ...
... rise or make the slightest noise until he had recon- noitred the position . He then crept forward on hands and knees , leaving us amongst a forest of smoke - begrimed chimneys , anxiously awaiting the issue . It was a clear starlight ...
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... rising of the moon , which to him seemed Like unto some great monarch of the sky- A prophet by the world unrecognised , Who came to tell of things beyond that age , Revealing much to this decrepit slave . * This poem originated from an ...
... rising of the moon , which to him seemed Like unto some great monarch of the sky- A prophet by the world unrecognised , Who came to tell of things beyond that age , Revealing much to this decrepit slave . * This poem originated from an ...
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... rise and fall . And in my pockets I have cords of red With which I tie the feet of those who shall Be joined together . And , when once they're bound . E'en should they be of families opposed . Of nations adverse as the unknown spheres ...
... rise and fall . And in my pockets I have cords of red With which I tie the feet of those who shall Be joined together . And , when once they're bound . E'en should they be of families opposed . Of nations adverse as the unknown spheres ...
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... rising , and although I have travelled in many lands , and have watched the same golden orb rise and fall in all conditions , over sea , desert , mountain and valley , yet I have never been so impressed by the beauty of a sunrise as on ...
... rising , and although I have travelled in many lands , and have watched the same golden orb rise and fall in all conditions , over sea , desert , mountain and valley , yet I have never been so impressed by the beauty of a sunrise as on ...
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