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started swinging the pot of water round on its tripod , with one hand , ringing the bell with the other , and chanting some unintelligible prayer in which my name occurred fre- quently . Like this : ' Bla bla bla bla bla bla Shaw Babu .
started swinging the pot of water round on its tripod , with one hand , ringing the bell with the other , and chanting some unintelligible prayer in which my name occurred fre- quently . Like this : ' Bla bla bla bla bla bla Shaw Babu .
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W ith a last look at our fingernails and the palms of our hands , and a final pat to my rather limp curls , Nurse ... With her hand on the brass door- knob , she said : " Now run along down to your Babooshka , and behave like nice ...
W ith a last look at our fingernails and the palms of our hands , and a final pat to my rather limp curls , Nurse ... With her hand on the brass door- knob , she said : " Now run along down to your Babooshka , and behave like nice ...
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Then there was the hefty blacksmith who did his own special strong - man turn . He would sit down on the platform , place his hands on the floor behind him and raise his body till only hands and feet supported it .
Then there was the hefty blacksmith who did his own special strong - man turn . He would sit down on the platform , place his hands on the floor behind him and raise his body till only hands and feet supported it .
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Valley of the Shadow Anthony French | 1 |
Indian Sketches | 13 |
Western Ocean L W J Fifield | 24 |
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