The Quickening of Caliban: A Modern Story of EvolutionCassell, Limited, 1893 - 275 pages |
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... night only shifts the scene , but does not check the drama . Life stalks across the stage , the lion of the play , followed by his shadow , the lean , hungry jackal - Death . THE morning surged along the river valley like a tidal wave ...
... night only shifts the scene , but does not check the drama . Life stalks across the stage , the lion of the play , followed by his shadow , the lean , hungry jackal - Death . THE morning surged along the river valley like a tidal wave ...
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... night meetings , for the wildness of the African desert or the loneliness of an island in the Pacific ? She would do all that for the sake of Paul , and so the betrothal was sealed . He followed the story . He offered himself to one of ...
... night meetings , for the wildness of the African desert or the loneliness of an island in the Pacific ? She would do all that for the sake of Paul , and so the betrothal was sealed . He followed the story . He offered himself to one of ...
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... night the forest had moaned and muttered , and in the deeper silence of the quiet air the rapids miles away had uttered a low cry of entreaty , as if the great dumb land was straining after articulate speech with which to guide its ...
... night the forest had moaned and muttered , and in the deeper silence of the quiet air the rapids miles away had uttered a low cry of entreaty , as if the great dumb land was straining after articulate speech with which to guide its ...
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... night ? It is most unhealthy . Are you very tired , or have you a touch of fever again ? " " Just a touch of fever , I fancy , dear Chris ' ; but I shall throw it off , as I have succeeded in doing a score of times before . Let us go ...
... night ? It is most unhealthy . Are you very tired , or have you a touch of fever again ? " " Just a touch of fever , I fancy , dear Chris ' ; but I shall throw it off , as I have succeeded in doing a score of times before . Let us go ...
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... night's rest . after three o'clock . She was rather tired , but would feel better as the day advanced . Mathers took so long with her work overnight ; the maid was sleepy and stupid . Yes , and the dance was a slow one ; there was ...
... night's rest . after three o'clock . She was rather tired , but would feel better as the day advanced . Mathers took so long with her work overnight ; the maid was sleepy and stupid . Yes , and the dance was a slow one ; there was ...
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