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A history stretching far into the abyss of time - in its beginning the only thread of light winding amidst the marvellous infancy of nations , in its progress replete with authentic wonders , and in its close prodigious and terrible ...
A history stretching far into the abyss of time - in its beginning the only thread of light winding amidst the marvellous infancy of nations , in its progress replete with authentic wonders , and in its close prodigious and terrible ...
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The Sultan hailed with rapture the long looked - for change in her feelings ; he lavished on her a thousand fond endearments , and vowed that henceforth Basilia alone should be the light of his harem and the peerless mistress of his ...
The Sultan hailed with rapture the long looked - for change in her feelings ; he lavished on her a thousand fond endearments , and vowed that henceforth Basilia alone should be the light of his harem and the peerless mistress of his ...
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The light fell sideways , and showed as beautiful a face as any in the world , in that deep relief of light and shade which Rembrandt only knew how to manage . It was very fair , and very pale ; the hair was simply braided on the ...
The light fell sideways , and showed as beautiful a face as any in the world , in that deep relief of light and shade which Rembrandt only knew how to manage . It was very fair , and very pale ; the hair was simply braided on the ...
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