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" Having groped his passage to the horizontal part of the den, the most terrifying darkness appeared in front of the dim circle of light afforded by his torch. It was silent as the house of death. None but monsters of the desert had ever before explored... "
The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben Percy ... - Page 76
1826
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The Miscellaneous Works of David Humphreys: Late Minister Plenipotentiary to ...

David Humphreys - 1804 - 440 pages
...place high enough fora man to raise himself upright, nor in any part more than three feet in width. Having groped his passage to the horizontal part of the den, the most terrifying darkness appeared in front of the dim circle of light afforded by his torch. It was silent as the house of death....
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The Literary Magazine, and American Register, Volume 2

Charles Brockden Brown - 1804 - 740 pages
...place high enough for a man to raise himself upright, nor in any part more than three feet in width. Having groped his passage to the horizontal part of the den, the most territyijig darkness appeared in i'ruut of the dim circle of light afforded by his torch. It was silent...
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The gleaner; or, Entertainment for the fire-side [compiled by J. Watson].

Gleaner - 1805 - 426 pages
...place high enough for a man to raise himself upright ; nor in any part more than three teet ш width. Having groped his passage to the horizontal part of the den, the most terrifying darkness appeared in front of the dim circle of light afforded by his torch. It was silent as the house of death....
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Liber facetiarum, being a collection of curious and interesting anecdotes

Liber - 1809 - 372 pages
...place high enough for a man to raise himself upright, nor in any part more than three feet in width. Having groped his passage to the horizontal part of the den, the most terrifying darkness appeared in front of the dim circle of light afforded by the torch ; it was silent as the house of...
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An Essay on the Life of the Honourable Major General Israel Putnam

David Humphreys - 1818 - 292 pages
...place high enough for a man to raise himself upright, nor in any part more than three feet in width. Having groped his passage to the horizontal part of the den, the most terrifying darkness appeared in front of the dim circle of light aflorded by his torch. It was silent as the house of death....
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American Military Biography: Containing the Lives, Characters, and Anecdotes ...

Amos Blanchard (of Cincinnati.), Amos Blanchard - 1825 - 464 pages
...place high enough for a ,man to raise ilimselr upright, nor in any part more than threc fect in width. Having groped his passage to the horizontal part of the den, the most i terrifying darkness appeared in ! front of the dim cirele of light af- ; forded by his torch. It...
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Connecticut Historical Collections: Containing a General Collection of ...

John Warner Barber - 1836 - 598 pages
...place high enough for a man to raise himself upright, tot in any part more ihan three feet in width. " Having groped his passage to the horizontal part of the den, the most terrifying darkness appeared in front of (he dim circle of light afforded by his torch. It w» silent as the house of death....
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The Percy Anecdotes, Revised Edition: To which is Added, a Valuable ...

1852 - 670 pages
...subterranean cavity were composed of smooth and solid rockfl, which .in-ill to have been driven from each other by some earthquake. The top and bottom...entrance in winter, being covered with ice, exceeding elippery. The cave was in no place high enough fur a man to stand upright, nor in any part more than...
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Takes of enterprise; for the amusement of youth

Tales - 1839 - 128 pages
...this subterranean cavity were composed of smooth and solid rocks, which seemed to have been torn from each other by some earthquake. The top and bottom...and the entrance in winter, being covered with ice, exceedingly slippery. The cave was in no place high enough for a man to stand upright, nor in any part...
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The Early History of New England: Illustrated by Numerous Interesting Incidents

Henry White - 1841 - 440 pages
...place high enough for a man to raise himself upright, nor in any part more than three feet in width. " Having groped his passage to the horizontal part of the den, the most terrifying darkness appeared in front of the dim circle of light afforded by his torch. None but monsters of the desert...
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