The Child of Thirty-six Fathers: A Serious, Comic and Moral Romance, Volume 1Isaac Riley, 1809 - French fiction |
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... horses faster , and began to cry aloud Stop ! -- Stop ! --- Stop ! " -- I thought I should have sunk into the earth with an involuntary trembling which came over me as I heard these words ; but Linval , grasping me fast by the arm ...
... horses faster , and began to cry aloud Stop ! -- Stop ! --- Stop ! " -- I thought I should have sunk into the earth with an involuntary trembling which came over me as I heard these words ; but Linval , grasping me fast by the arm ...
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... horse hard in both flanks , the animal reared up on the bank in the act of leaping , when Linval , who watched his motions , suddenly dart- ing the sharp point of a great pole which he had taken from the farm - house into the horse's ...
... horse hard in both flanks , the animal reared up on the bank in the act of leaping , when Linval , who watched his motions , suddenly dart- ing the sharp point of a great pole which he had taken from the farm - house into the horse's ...
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... horse , nimbly leaped into his place , made me climb behind him on the crupper , and directing his course to the little wood , flew thither like an arrow , without ever considering what was to be the fate of the unhappy creatures he had ...
... horse , nimbly leaped into his place , made me climb behind him on the crupper , and directing his course to the little wood , flew thither like an arrow , without ever considering what was to be the fate of the unhappy creatures he had ...
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... horse , after his very hard work . At two o'clock in the afternoon we again took the main road for Mont- pellier , from which , after some time , we diverged a little in order to pass the night at a small village situated two leagues ...
... horse , after his very hard work . At two o'clock in the afternoon we again took the main road for Mont- pellier , from which , after some time , we diverged a little in order to pass the night at a small village situated two leagues ...
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... horse , and set forward towards Paris . The new route which we now pursued , and which was pointed out to us before we left the inn , being very little frequented , we had no occasion to fatigue our horse ; so we rode on leisurely , in ...
... horse , and set forward towards Paris . The new route which we now pursued , and which was pointed out to us before we left the inn , being very little frequented , we had no occasion to fatigue our horse ; so we rode on leisurely , in ...
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