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Page 98
... head taller than any man on board , measuring seven feet in what might be called his ordinary standing posture , and eight feet when suspended for the purpose of being skinned . Dr. Abel de- scribes the skin , dried and shrivelled as it ...
... head taller than any man on board , measuring seven feet in what might be called his ordinary standing posture , and eight feet when suspended for the purpose of being skinned . Dr. Abel de- scribes the skin , dried and shrivelled as it ...
Page 172
... head , seized Falconer's bridle , and fired at him . The horse , which was a high - mettled animal , reared and plunged ; so that the ball of the highwayman's pistol missed the person of Falconer , and did but graze and break the strap ...
... head , seized Falconer's bridle , and fired at him . The horse , which was a high - mettled animal , reared and plunged ; so that the ball of the highwayman's pistol missed the person of Falconer , and did but graze and break the strap ...
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... head against at least thirty of these vagabond black horse- men . I never saw , in my life , a nobler figure than the leader of the troop - mounted on a splendid black Arab : he was as tall , very nearly , as myself ; he wore a steel ...
... head against at least thirty of these vagabond black horse- men . I never saw , in my life , a nobler figure than the leader of the troop - mounted on a splendid black Arab : he was as tall , very nearly , as myself ; he wore a steel ...
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