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... cave . The aperture was scarcely obstructed by the growth which stood thick on either hand , leaving the mouth a sort of blackness when viewed from a distance . The entrance was a little more than the height of a man . Though a natural ...
... cave . The aperture was scarcely obstructed by the growth which stood thick on either hand , leaving the mouth a sort of blackness when viewed from a distance . The entrance was a little more than the height of a man . Though a natural ...
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... cave . He entered by several paces , and then stood stock still , awaiting the passage of another sea - bird , for this might be a kind of hospital for decayed ocean - fowl ; and then , his eyes growing used to the shadow , he found ...
... cave . He entered by several paces , and then stood stock still , awaiting the passage of another sea - bird , for this might be a kind of hospital for decayed ocean - fowl ; and then , his eyes growing used to the shadow , he found ...
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... cave had not been entered since the departure of the man or men who had used it . He conjectured that the furniture illustrated a story of shipwreck . Some men had come ashore from a foundered craft , bringing with them the sea - chest ...
... cave had not been entered since the departure of the man or men who had used it . He conjectured that the furniture illustrated a story of shipwreck . Some men had come ashore from a foundered craft , bringing with them the sea - chest ...
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... cave Reynolds fell to considering his fishing - line , and how he was to bait it with a limpet . And whilst he reflected he constantly sent looks at the horizon , for at any moment the white star of a sail , or the stain of a steamer's ...
... cave Reynolds fell to considering his fishing - line , and how he was to bait it with a limpet . And whilst he reflected he constantly sent looks at the horizon , for at any moment the white star of a sail , or the stain of a steamer's ...
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... cave and hung up the cloak . He brought the little parcel of tobacco to the light and cut it open , but the leaves within crumbled to powder when he touched them , and he threw the stuff away . Now drawing forth the copper wire , he cut ...
... cave and hung up the cloak . He brought the little parcel of tobacco to the light and cut it open , but the leaves within crumbled to powder when he touched them , and he threw the stuff away . Now drawing forth the copper wire , he cut ...
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