“This man, although he appeared so humble and embarrassed in his air and manners, and passed so unheeded, had inspired me with such a feeling of horror by the unearthly paleness of his counte...”
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“This man, although he appeared so humble and embarrassed in his air and manners, and passed so unheeded, had inspired me with such a feeling of horror by the unearthly paleness of his counte...”
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“My vanity was flattered by having been mistaken for our revered sovereign. I ordered a banquet to be got ready for the following evening, under the trees before my house, and invited the who...”
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“On recovering my senses, I hastened to quit a place where I hoped there was nothing further to detain me. I first filled my pockets with gold, then fastened the strings of the purse round my...”
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“My first care the following morning was, to devise some means of discovering the man in the grey cloak.”
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“Because it appears to me a hazardous thing to exchange my soul for my shadow.”
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“After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd, went into the...”
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“All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices.”
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