Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 267William Blackwood, 1950 - England |
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Page 163
In halfsleep I heard the horses moving restlessly on the bank . Red went up and spoke to them quietly , then he came back to settle in his blanket again . I heard a native hen shriek like a saw being pushed against the grain of a dry ...
In halfsleep I heard the horses moving restlessly on the bank . Red went up and spoke to them quietly , then he came back to settle in his blanket again . I heard a native hen shriek like a saw being pushed against the grain of a dry ...
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The conversation in the next room related to Will Dick , a desperate highwayman of whom I had often heard , and who was the terror of the neighbourhood . Will Dick , they said , had no doubt attended the execution at Ayr for the purpose ...
The conversation in the next room related to Will Dick , a desperate highwayman of whom I had often heard , and who was the terror of the neighbourhood . Will Dick , they said , had no doubt attended the execution at Ayr for the purpose ...
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I had heard a tiger snarl and whine and roar , but never before had I heard that nervedestroying purr . I find it very difficult to describe what went through my mind because , set down in cold print , it sounds so incredibly stupid .
I had heard a tiger snarl and whine and roar , but never before had I heard that nervedestroying purr . I find it very difficult to describe what went through my mind because , set down in cold print , it sounds so incredibly stupid .
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