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... hand - small room was there to strive , " Twas only by favour of mine , ' quoth he , ' ye rode so long alive : ' There was not a rock for twenty mile , there was not a clump of tree , ' But covered a man of my own men with his rifle ...
... hand - small room was there to strive , " Twas only by favour of mine , ' quoth he , ' ye rode so long alive : ' There was not a rock for twenty mile , there was not a clump of tree , ' But covered a man of my own men with his rifle ...
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Rudyard Kipling. ' If I had raised my bridle - hand , as I have held it low , " The little jackals that flee so fast , were feasting all in a row : ' If I had bowed my head on my breast , as I have held it high , " The kite that whistles ...
Rudyard Kipling. ' If I had raised my bridle - hand , as I have held it low , " The little jackals that flee so fast , were feasting all in a row : ' If I had bowed my head on my breast , as I have held it high , " The kite that whistles ...
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... hand and set him upon his feet . ' No talk shall be of dogs , ' said he , ' when wolf and grey wolf meet . ' May I eat dirt if thou hast hurt of me in deed or breath ; ' What dam of lances brought thee forth to jest at the dawn with ...
... hand and set him upon his feet . ' No talk shall be of dogs , ' said he , ' when wolf and grey wolf meet . ' May I eat dirt if thou hast hurt of me in deed or breath ; ' What dam of lances brought thee forth to jest at the dawn with ...
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... as our mothers died ' In the bridal - bed by our master's side ! ' Out , women ! -to the fire ! ' We drove the great gates home apace : White hands were on the sill : But ere the rush of the unseen feet Had reached THE LAST SUTTEE 13.
... as our mothers died ' In the bridal - bed by our master's side ! ' Out , women ! -to the fire ! ' We drove the great gates home apace : White hands were on the sill : But ere the rush of the unseen feet Had reached THE LAST SUTTEE 13.
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... hand ! ' Will the white ash rise from the blistered brand ? ' Stoop down , and call him now ! ' Then she : ' By the faith of my tarnished soul , ' All things I did not well ' I had hoped to clear ere the fire died , ' And lay me down by ...
... hand ! ' Will the white ash rise from the blistered brand ? ' Stoop down , and call him now ! ' Then she : ' By the faith of my tarnished soul , ' All things I did not well ' I had hoped to clear ere the fire died , ' And lay me down by ...
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