The Dog Fiend; Or, Snarleyyow, Volumen183G. Routledge, 1856 - 309 páginas |
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... eyes occasionally wandered from the compass on the binnacle to the bows of the vessel , and that the breath from his mouth , when it was thrown out into the clear frosty air , formed a smoke like to that from the spout of a half ...
... eyes occasionally wandered from the compass on the binnacle to the bows of the vessel , and that the breath from his mouth , when it was thrown out into the clear frosty air , formed a smoke like to that from the spout of a half ...
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... eye , and was so far under - jawed as to prove that a bull - dog had had some- thing to do with his creation ; -ugly in shape ; for although larger than a pointer , and strongly built , he was coarse and shambling in his make , with his ...
... eye , and was so far under - jawed as to prove that a bull - dog had had some- thing to do with his creation ; -ugly in shape ; for although larger than a pointer , and strongly built , he was coarse and shambling in his make , with his ...
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... eyes , with lank hair very thinly sown upon a head which , like bad soil , would return but a scanty harvest . He looked like Famine's eldest son just arriving to years of dis- cretion . His long lanky legs were pulled so far through ...
... eyes , with lank hair very thinly sown upon a head which , like bad soil , would return but a scanty harvest . He looked like Famine's eldest son just arriving to years of dis- cretion . His long lanky legs were pulled so far through ...
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... eyes . " The thief's cat , with three knots in each tail . " Smallbones raised up his thin arms , and clasped his hands , pleading for mercy . 66 " And after the flogging you shall be keel - hauled . " " O God ! " screamed Smallbones ...
... eyes . " The thief's cat , with three knots in each tail . " Smallbones raised up his thin arms , and clasped his hands , pleading for mercy . 66 " And after the flogging you shall be keel - hauled . " " O God ! " screamed Smallbones ...
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Frederick Marryat. flashing eyes , and whimpering with rage , he cried out , as the tears fell , and his arms swung round , " I'll not stand this - I'll jump overboard - that I will : fourteen times has that ere dog a - bitten me this ...
Frederick Marryat. flashing eyes , and whimpering with rage , he cried out , as the tears fell , and his arms swung round , " I'll not stand this - I'll jump overboard - that I will : fourteen times has that ere dog a - bitten me this ...
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Página 7 - His long lanky legs were pulled so far through his trousers, that his bare feet, and half way up to his knees, were exposed to the chilling blast. The sleeves of his jacket were so short, that four inches of bone above his wrist were bared to view ; hat he had none ; his ears were very large, and the rims of them red with cold, and his neck was so immeasurably long and thin, that his head appeared to topple for want of support. When he had come on deck, he stood with one hand raised to his forehead,...
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