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Many dismal tales were told about funeral trains , and mourning cries and wailings heard and seen about the great tree where the unfortunate Major André was taken , and which stood in the neighborhood . Some mention was made also of the ...
Many dismal tales were told about funeral trains , and mourning cries and wailings heard and seen about the great tree where the unfortunate Major André was taken , and which stood in the neighborhood . Some mention was made also of the ...
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-yes , I hear it , and have heard it . Longlong - long - many minutes , many hours , many days , have I heard it - yet I dared not - oh , pity me , miserable wretch that I am ! —I dared not — I dared not speak !
-yes , I hear it , and have heard it . Longlong - long - many minutes , many hours , many days , have I heard it - yet I dared not - oh , pity me , miserable wretch that I am ! —I dared not — I dared not speak !
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Whoever has heard the freshet - wave of a torrent suddenly swelled by pouring showers in tropical mountains , showers not shared by the plain ; whoever has heard the first muffled murmur of its sloping advance through precipitous ...
Whoever has heard the freshet - wave of a torrent suddenly swelled by pouring showers in tropical mountains , showers not shared by the plain ; whoever has heard the first muffled murmur of its sloping advance through precipitous ...
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