Strange StoriesChatto & Windus, 1884 - 356 páginas |
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... sure enough . Before John Creedy had been six weeks at Butabué , he could talk Fantee as fluently as any of the natives around him . After all , he was nine years old when he was taken to England , and it was no great wonder that he ...
... sure enough . Before John Creedy had been six weeks at Butabué , he could talk Fantee as fluently as any of the natives around him . After all , he was nine years old when he was taken to England , and it was no great wonder that he ...
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... sure he knew the real meaning of the horror that surrounded him . He was going mad . For ten minutes or more he sat there motionless , hot tears boiling up from his eyes and falling silently between his fingers . Then at last he rose ...
... sure he knew the real meaning of the horror that surrounded him . He was going mad . For ten minutes or more he sat there motionless , hot tears boiling up from his eyes and falling silently between his fingers . Then at last he rose ...
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... sure to be very angry with any one who tries rationally to combat his newly found authority . Mathematical reasoners are especially liable to this form of incipient mental disease , which , when combined with the facial distortions ...
... sure to be very angry with any one who tries rationally to combat his newly found authority . Mathematical reasoners are especially liable to this form of incipient mental disease , which , when combined with the facial distortions ...
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... sure ; but , if not , what could be this horrible , mysterious , unknown barrier that was so sud- denly raised between them ? " Do write , dearest Arthur , and relieve me from this terrible , incomprehensible sus- pense ; do let me know ...
... sure ; but , if not , what could be this horrible , mysterious , unknown barrier that was so sud- denly raised between them ? " Do write , dearest Arthur , and relieve me from this terrible , incomprehensible sus- pense ; do let me know ...
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... sure if I could see her it would reassure her and do her good . " Dr. Abury was at first very unwilling to let Arthur visit Hetty , who was now lying unconscious on the sofa in her own boudoir ; but Freeling's opinion that it might ...
... sure if I could see her it would reassure her and do her good . " Dr. Abury was at first very unwilling to let Arthur visit Hetty , who was now lying unconscious on the sofa in her own boudoir ; but Freeling's opinion that it might ...
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