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Amidst the dust, and the falling things, and the flapping scenery, Cincinnatus made his way in that direction where, to judge by t ...
who lives on, lives on
like the wings of an Atlantic seagull.
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Hyde Park engendered shadows. The dying greenery of hurtbushes and larches, under the grey shells of clouds that now began to snap ...
Sometimes we sailed as gently and steadily as the clouds overhead, watching the receding shores and the motions of our sail; the p ...
Whenever we awoke in the night, still eking out our dreams with half-awakened thoughts, it was not till after an interval, when th ...
We are eager to tunnel under the Atlantic and bring the Old World some weeks nearer to the New; but perchance the first news that ...
But it is rather derogatory that your dwelling-place should be only a neighborhood to a great city,--to live on an inclined plane. ...
I was awakened at midnight by some heavy, low-flying bird, probably a loon, flapping by close over my head, along the shore. So, t ...
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