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... bear the shock and strain of these rough roads , if roads they can be called , which rather resemble the rock- strewn ways worn by mountain - torrents . So DISTANT VIEW . 5 one is not liable to morning 4 VALLOMBROSA .
... bear the shock and strain of these rough roads , if roads they can be called , which rather resemble the rock- strewn ways worn by mountain - torrents . So DISTANT VIEW . 5 one is not liable to morning 4 VALLOMBROSA .
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... called . This is a long , low , narrow erection , some six feet high in front , and covered with a roof sloping down to the ground behind . The front is pierced with slits for outlook ; and within , the sportsmen , if they are to be ...
... called . This is a long , low , narrow erection , some six feet high in front , and covered with a roof sloping down to the ground behind . The front is pierced with slits for outlook ; and within , the sportsmen , if they are to be ...
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... called ; for , as the legend goes , here the good saint Giovanni Gual- berto was pursued by Satan , who caught him in his claws and cast him down the declivity . But it is difficult to kill a saint , and he fell unharmed into the valley ...
... called ; for , as the legend goes , here the good saint Giovanni Gual- berto was pursued by Satan , who caught him in his claws and cast him down the declivity . But it is difficult to kill a saint , and he fell unharmed into the valley ...
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... , fed them in want , tended them when ill , and finally thus overcame them , and were left in peace . The fame for sanctity of their leader - or pre- positor , as he was called at first - spread WILD BEASTS AND DEMONS. ...
... , fed them in want , tended them when ill , and finally thus overcame them , and were left in peace . The fame for sanctity of their leader - or pre- positor , as he was called at first - spread WILD BEASTS AND DEMONS. ...
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William Wetmore Story. positor , as he was called at first - spread through- out the land . The nobles of the surrounding ... called Acquabella and Acqua- buona , from the supposed miraculous virtues of LIFE OF THE MONKS . 29 the fountain ...
William Wetmore Story. positor , as he was called at first - spread through- out the land . The nobles of the surrounding ... called Acquabella and Acqua- buona , from the supposed miraculous virtues of LIFE OF THE MONKS . 29 the fountain ...
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