The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 180George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1973 |
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... walked back down the beach . By the breakwater he found the pebble , slipped it into his pocket . Then he walked away . The weather had changed , when he woke next morning . Spatters of rain blew on the wind , grey rags of cloud scudded ...
... walked back down the beach . By the breakwater he found the pebble , slipped it into his pocket . Then he walked away . The weather had changed , when he woke next morning . Spatters of rain blew on the wind , grey rags of cloud scudded ...
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... walked an hour , secretly , without his spectacles , crossing the tollbridge to the hospital and beyond . The experiment was wholly successful . He even made out , by dint of much screwing of his eyes , a tall radio mast some distance ...
... walked an hour , secretly , without his spectacles , crossing the tollbridge to the hospital and beyond . The experiment was wholly successful . He even made out , by dint of much screwing of his eyes , a tall radio mast some distance ...
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... walked to the sea front , stood watching the scarlet - slashed sky and the lights across the water and the Round Tower and Wylie's house and the Ferris wheel far off like a turning cobweb . The wind blew in from the sea ; and he had ...
... walked to the sea front , stood watching the scarlet - slashed sky and the lights across the water and the Round Tower and Wylie's house and the Ferris wheel far off like a turning cobweb . The wind blew in from the sea ; and he had ...
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