Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 217William Blackwood, 1925 - England |
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... face was small , with a very straight well - shaped nose . He had dark peculiar eyes that looked beady as a lizard's . He stared at me with his eyes screwed , as if I was something he hardly noticed , and spoke to the girl in a language ...
... face was small , with a very straight well - shaped nose . He had dark peculiar eyes that looked beady as a lizard's . He stared at me with his eyes screwed , as if I was something he hardly noticed , and spoke to the girl in a language ...
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... face she will make . And you tell her , too , that old Mother Biddle can see through the sand like water , and she knows where more dead men lie in the Warren than Anne Jones has pots of money buried . " He'd tricked me down so easy ...
... face she will make . And you tell her , too , that old Mother Biddle can see through the sand like water , and she knows where more dead men lie in the Warren than Anne Jones has pots of money buried . " He'd tricked me down so easy ...
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... face , and I thought my clothes seemed so stiff and new . She didn't quite get what I said , or else she was thinking of something else , for she said , " Time , bachgan ! dear me , there's plenty of time for everything when you're ...
... face , and I thought my clothes seemed so stiff and new . She didn't quite get what I said , or else she was thinking of something else , for she said , " Time , bachgan ! dear me , there's plenty of time for everything when you're ...
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... face , and she let go the bundle of drift with a crash , and a bit sticking out took off a good four inches of wall - paper . I remember that as well as if I had gone and measured it , because I found myself studying the length of the ...
... face , and she let go the bundle of drift with a crash , and a bit sticking out took off a good four inches of wall - paper . I remember that as well as if I had gone and measured it , because I found myself studying the length of the ...
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... face wasn't much altered , and his eyes- oh , well , I mustn't run on about his eyes ! When he saw I knew him he took a dif- ferent line . He moved from where he was , and said , " Dear me , it's the young gentleman from Tir Forgan . I ...
... face wasn't much altered , and his eyes- oh , well , I mustn't run on about his eyes ! When he saw I knew him he took a dif- ferent line . He moved from where he was , and said , " Dear me , it's the young gentleman from Tir Forgan . I ...
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