The Dennes of Daundelyonn, Volume 1Smith, Elder, 1859 |
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... which I hope to continue in to the end of my life . In about half an hour , a tall , portly gentle- man in black , with a very hooked nose and a very pale face , altogether strongly resembling an elderly condor BENONI . 21.
... which I hope to continue in to the end of my life . In about half an hour , a tall , portly gentle- man in black , with a very hooked nose and a very pale face , altogether strongly resembling an elderly condor BENONI . 21.
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... half withdrawn the inner blind , when a distant sound of music came upon our ears , faint at first and far off , but drawing nearer and more near . One of the regiments then stationed in London was changing its barracks from St. John's ...
... half withdrawn the inner blind , when a distant sound of music came upon our ears , faint at first and far off , but drawing nearer and more near . One of the regiments then stationed in London was changing its barracks from St. John's ...
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... half - closed eyes fixed upon the distant sea . What wild visionary fancies found their way into my childish brain , none would believe if I described them . The song and the silence in the heart , That in part are prophecies , and in ...
... half - closed eyes fixed upon the distant sea . What wild visionary fancies found their way into my childish brain , none would believe if I described them . The song and the silence in the heart , That in part are prophecies , and in ...
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... Half - past eight : breakfast . Nine : Ancient History . Half- past nine : English Grammar . Ten French Reading . Half - past ten : Italian Exercise . Eleven : Theory of Music . Half - past eleven : Drawing . Twelve : Calisthenics ...
... Half - past eight : breakfast . Nine : Ancient History . Half- past nine : English Grammar . Ten French Reading . Half - past ten : Italian Exercise . Eleven : Theory of Music . Half - past eleven : Drawing . Twelve : Calisthenics ...
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... half each of " Blair's Preceptor , " " Magnall's Questions , " " Why and Because , " " The House we Live in , " " The Stream of Time , " a spelling - book , and certain arithmetical tables . The two first are tolerably familiar to most ...
... half each of " Blair's Preceptor , " " Magnall's Questions , " " Why and Because , " " The House we Live in , " " The Stream of Time , " a spelling - book , and certain arithmetical tables . The two first are tolerably familiar to most ...
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