The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, Volume 3G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 - Literature |
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... feet in the sea . It had also been his introduction to the household of the Welsh mer- chant , who had a wharf by the old Canning basin at Liverpool , a counting - house behind his residence in Wolstenholme Square , and a daughter of ...
... feet in the sea . It had also been his introduction to the household of the Welsh mer- chant , who had a wharf by the old Canning basin at Liverpool , a counting - house behind his residence in Wolstenholme Square , and a daughter of ...
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... feet that held the earth like the hoofs of an ox , the young man sat unmoved . Then those who had followed at the islander's heels for the liquor he was spending first stared in wonderment at his failure , and next laughed in derision ...
... feet that held the earth like the hoofs of an ox , the young man sat unmoved . Then those who had followed at the islander's heels for the liquor he was spending first stared in wonderment at his failure , and next laughed in derision ...
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... feet , and then , pushing one leg between the legs of the islander , planting the other knee into his stomach , thrusting his head beneath his chin , he knuckled his left hand under the islander's rib , pulled towards him , pushed from ...
... feet , and then , pushing one leg between the legs of the islander , planting the other knee into his stomach , thrusting his head beneath his chin , he knuckled his left hand under the islander's rib , pulled towards him , pushed from ...
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... feet , he cursed her . " Bastard , " he shrieked , " there's no blood of mine in your body . Go to your filthy offal , and may the devil damn you both . " She stopped her ears to shut out the torrent of a father's curse , but before the ...
... feet , he cursed her . " Bastard , " he shrieked , " there's no blood of mine in your body . Go to your filthy offal , and may the devil damn you both . " She stopped her ears to shut out the torrent of a father's curse , but before the ...
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... feet to the hearth , and wept . There the old mother saw her as often as she bustled in and out of the house from the beach , and many a gibe she flung her way . But Stephen sat beside her one day with a shamefaced look , and cursed his ...
... feet to the hearth , and wept . There the old mother saw her as often as she bustled in and out of the house from the beach , and many a gibe she flung her way . But Stephen sat beside her one day with a shamefaced look , and cursed his ...
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