Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on RecordDavis Wasgatt Clark A. Poe & L. Hitchcock, 1864 - 416 sider |
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... thought of him ; but the room looked so com- fortable , and the whole scene was so unlike the place in which he had lately lived , that he could . no longer hesitate . He approached the door ; the latch was almost in his hand , when ...
... thought of him ; but the room looked so com- fortable , and the whole scene was so unlike the place in which he had lately lived , that he could . no longer hesitate . He approached the door ; the latch was almost in his hand , when ...
Side 120
... thought of its wonders , but , better still , who seemed to have caught some- thing of its spirit and purity . November . - The voyage up was a weary , and , to the prisoners , a very trying one . In a prison , on the lower deck of a ...
... thought of its wonders , but , better still , who seemed to have caught some- thing of its spirit and purity . November . - The voyage up was a weary , and , to the prisoners , a very trying one . In a prison , on the lower deck of a ...
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... thoughts toward regain- ing their liberty . This , however , appeared a romantic idea ; for , besides the high walls of the Bastile , which were six feet thick , and four iron grates at each window , the prison was con- tinually guarded ...
... thoughts toward regain- ing their liberty . This , however , appeared a romantic idea ; for , besides the high walls of the Bastile , which were six feet thick , and four iron grates at each window , the prison was con- tinually guarded ...
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... thought him dis- ordered in his mind , and asked him , with a sneer , where they were to get the ropes and other implements necessary to such an under- taking . " As for the ropes , " said De la Tude , " give yourself no manner of ...
... thought him dis- ordered in his mind , and asked him , with a sneer , where they were to get the ropes and other implements necessary to such an under- taking . " As for the ropes , " said De la Tude , " give yourself no manner of ...
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... thought themselves entirely out of danger , when they both sud- denly fell into an aqueduct , with at least six feet of water over their heads . In this danger- ous situation , De la Tude caught hold of the bank , and plunging his arm ...
... thought themselves entirely out of danger , when they both sud- denly fell into an aqueduct , with at least six feet of water over their heads . In this danger- ous situation , De la Tude caught hold of the bank , and plunging his arm ...
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