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... feet distance , and each horse three feet long , that is a lot , that is one thousand feet , a quarter of an hour's journey in the mountains , an endlessly long time . A chain one thousand feet long with one hundred and twenty links ...
... feet distance , and each horse three feet long , that is a lot , that is one thousand feet , a quarter of an hour's journey in the mountains , an endlessly long time . A chain one thousand feet long with one hundred and twenty links ...
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... feet trod the paths , as they had trodden thousands of times so far , they ascended summit after summit , and peered down into precipices , they crossed meadows on which they knew every stone , and forests in which they knew every trunk ...
... feet trod the paths , as they had trodden thousands of times so far , they ascended summit after summit , and peered down into precipices , they crossed meadows on which they knew every stone , and forests in which they knew every trunk ...
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... feet . And we walked slowly and solemnly , for the old woman could barely stand on her feet . After a while we heard a roaring , and when we peered over to the right , we saw from the steep bank how the entire River Struïl- itsa fell ...
... feet . And we walked slowly and solemnly , for the old woman could barely stand on her feet . After a while we heard a roaring , and when we peered over to the right , we saw from the steep bank how the entire River Struïl- itsa fell ...
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