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" ... brown, and from sombre brown to doleful black. And we could now at least hear what they portended, though we could no longer see. The rising wind began to howl mournfully amid the cliffs, and the sea, hitherto so silent, to beat heavily against the... "
My schools and schoolmasters; or, The story of my education - Page 78
by Hugh Miller - 1860 - 558 pages
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An Autobiography: My Schools and Schoolmasters; Or, The Story of My Education

Hugh Miller - 1854 - 600 pages
...least hear what they portended, though we could no longer see. The rising wind began to howl mournfully amid the cliffs, and the sea, hitherto so silent,...now driving against the precipices, now descending heavily on the stones. My companion had only the real evils of the case to deal with, and so, the hardness...
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An Autobiography: My Schools and Schoolmasters; Or, The Story of My Education

Hugh Miller - 1855 - 560 pages
...least hear what they portended, though we could no longer see. The rising wind began to howl mournfully amid the cliffs, and the sea, hitherto so silent,...now driving against the precipices, now descending heavily on the stones. My companion had 'only the real evils of the case to deal with, and so, the...
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My Schools and Schoolmasters, Or, The Story of My Education

Hugh Miller - 1857 - 550 pages
...least hear what they portended, though we could no longer see. The rising wind began to howl mournfully amid the cliffs, and the sea, hitherto so silent,...now driving against the precipices, now descending heavily on the stones. My companion had only the real evils of the case to deal with, and so, the hardness...
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The Christian Review, Volume 22

1857 - 692 pages
...least hear what they portended, though we could no longer see. The rising wind began to howl mournfully amid the cliffs, and the sea, hitherto so silent,...boom like distress-guns, from the recesses of the two deep sea caves." We cannot follow them to their joyous rescue the next morning, but regard the whole...
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Men who Have Risen: A Book for Boys

James Hogg - 1859 - 346 pages
...least hear what they portended, though we could no longer see. The rising wind began to howl mournfully amid the cliffs, and the sea, hitherto so silent,...now driving against the precipices, now descending heavily on the stones. " My companion had only the real evils of the case to deal with, and so, the...
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The graduated series of reading-lesson books, Book 4

Graduated series - 1859 - 462 pages
...hear what they portended, though we could no longer see ...The rising wind began to howl mournfully amid the cliffs, and the sea, hitherto so silent,...beat heavily against the shore, and to boom, like distress^ims, from the recesses of the two deep-sea caves. We could h'-ar, too, the beating rain, now...
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Blackwood's Lady's Magazine and Gazette of the Fashionable ..., Volumes 36-37

1854 - 562 pages
...least hear what they portended, though we could no longer see. The rising wind began to howl mournfully amid the cliffs, and the sea, hitherto so silent,...now heavier, now lighter, as the gusts swelled or sunk ; and the intermittent patter of the streamlet over the deeper cave, now driving against the precipices,...
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Chambers's narrative series of standard reading books, Book 6

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 316 pages
...least, hear what they portended, though we could no longer see. The rising wind began to howl mournfully amid the cliffs, and the sea, hitherto so silent,...now driving against the precipices, now descending heavily on the stones. had been found on the beach about a month previous, some forty yards from where...
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Works: Schools and schoolmasters; or the story of my education, an autobiography

Hugh Miller - 1865 - 572 pages
...least hear what they portended, though we could no longer see. The rising wind began to howl mournfully amid the cliffs, and the sea, hitherto so silent,...streamlet over the deeper cave, now driving against the preci pices, now descending heavily on the stones. My companion had only the real evils of the case...
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Independent First[-sixth] Reader, Volume 2

James Madison Watson - 1868 - 314 pages
...hear what they portended, though we could no longer see. <?. The rising wind began to howl mournfully amid the cliffs, and the sea, hitherto so silent,...boom, like distress-guns, from the recesses of the two deep sea-caves. We could hear, too, the beating rain, now heavier, now lighter, as the gusts swelled...
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