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... covered with the dead and heaped with ruins . Mothers were seen bearing in their arms their children , whom they hoped to recall to life . Desolate families wandered through the city seeking a brother , a husband , a friend , of whose ...
... covered with the dead and heaped with ruins . Mothers were seen bearing in their arms their children , whom they hoped to recall to life . Desolate families wandered through the city seeking a brother , a husband , a friend , of whose ...
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... covering his face with his hat , descended the high bank beneath which the lava ran , and rushing upon the surface of the melted matter , reached the opposite side , having only his boots burned , and his hands somewhat scorched . Here ...
... covering his face with his hat , descended the high bank beneath which the lava ran , and rushing upon the surface of the melted matter , reached the opposite side , having only his boots burned , and his hands somewhat scorched . Here ...
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... covered him presently with sand , and trampled afterwards upon the soil which served him for a winding - sheet , probably with the idea of accelerating the end of his sufferings . This spectacle , which makes my heart palpitate , and ...
... covered him presently with sand , and trampled afterwards upon the soil which served him for a winding - sheet , probably with the idea of accelerating the end of his sufferings . This spectacle , which makes my heart palpitate , and ...
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... dress ; and the lower classes seldom make any change whatever before throwing themselves down among the coarse woollen cloaks which form their nightly covering . In this point the oriental customs are 34 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
... dress ; and the lower classes seldom make any change whatever before throwing themselves down among the coarse woollen cloaks which form their nightly covering . In this point the oriental customs are 34 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
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A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with Cursory Observations John Galt. nightly covering . In this point ... covered with a thick rug cloth which falls down to the floor . The heat is thus confined , and the feet of those ...
A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with Cursory Observations John Galt. nightly covering . In this point ... covered with a thick rug cloth which falls down to the floor . The heat is thus confined , and the feet of those ...
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