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Page 7
... are slain . ' But if thou thinkest the price be fair , thy brethren wait to sup , " The hound is kin to the jackal - spawn , -howl , dog , and call them up ! ' And if thou thinkest the price be high , EAST AND WEST 7.
... are slain . ' But if thou thinkest the price be fair , thy brethren wait to sup , " The hound is kin to the jackal - spawn , -howl , dog , and call them up ! ' And if thou thinkest the price be high , EAST AND WEST 7.
Page 29
... Wait and watch . When the host is near , " " Shout aloud that my men may hear . " ' Friend of my heart , is it meet or wise ' To warn a King of his enemies ? ' A guard was set that he might not flee- ' A score of bayonets ringed the ...
... Wait and watch . When the host is near , " " Shout aloud that my men may hear . " ' Friend of my heart , is it meet or wise ' To warn a King of his enemies ? ' A guard was set that he might not flee- ' A score of bayonets ringed the ...
Page 37
... waits my lord ; her love is but her own . ' A day shall mar , a day shall cure for her , but what for thee ? Cut loose the girl : he follows fast . Cut loose and ride alone ! ' Then Scindia ' twixt his blistered lips : - ' My Queens ...
... waits my lord ; her love is but her own . ' A day shall mar , a day shall cure for her , but what for thee ? Cut loose the girl : he follows fast . Cut loose and ride alone ! ' Then Scindia ' twixt his blistered lips : - ' My Queens ...
Page 50
... waiting ear yearns for the whisper of love , From the arms of the Bride , iron - visaged and slow , The Captain bent down to the Head of the Boh . And e'en as he looked on the Thing where It lay ' Twixt the winking new spoons and the ...
... waiting ear yearns for the whisper of love , From the arms of the Bride , iron - visaged and slow , The Captain bent down to the Head of the Boh . And e'en as he looked on the Thing where It lay ' Twixt the winking new spoons and the ...
Page 59
... ' I had hove him down by the mangroves brown , where the mud - reef sucks and draws , ' Moored by the heel to his own keel to wait for the land - crab's claws ! He is lazar within and lime without , ye can THE THREE CAPTAINS 59.
... ' I had hove him down by the mangroves brown , where the mud - reef sucks and draws , ' Moored by the heel to his own keel to wait for the land - crab's claws ! He is lazar within and lime without , ye can THE THREE CAPTAINS 59.
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