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Page 33
I exclaimed , scarcely venturing to look down a precipice at least six hundred feet
in depth , To repeat in a few words what had occupied nearly an hour , and
omitting his numerous digressions , the samphire gatherer ' s tale ran thus : At the
...
I exclaimed , scarcely venturing to look down a precipice at least six hundred feet
in depth , To repeat in a few words what had occupied nearly an hour , and
omitting his numerous digressions , the samphire gatherer ' s tale ran thus : At the
...
Page 34
Working with his feet , as father had told him , we slowly supplying out rope as he
required it , he moved safely down for a bit ; then he rested on a jutting rock . All
this time he kept his eyes fixed on the sky . Pressing cautiously with his feet ...
Working with his feet , as father had told him , we slowly supplying out rope as he
required it , he moved safely down for a bit ; then he rested on a jutting rock . All
this time he kept his eyes fixed on the sky . Pressing cautiously with his feet ...
Page 35
The cavern was about fifty feet in depth , sloping upwards towards the back , and
partly filled with weeds , stones , and sand . Here Mrs . Clements and her sister
had been driven to take refuge by the rising tide . They had landed from the boat
...
The cavern was about fifty feet in depth , sloping upwards towards the back , and
partly filled with weeds , stones , and sand . Here Mrs . Clements and her sister
had been driven to take refuge by the rising tide . They had landed from the boat
...
Page 136
Her arms and feet were uncovered , and of almost skeleton thinness . Her
features were meagre , and ghastly white , and had the fixed and horrible stamp
of insanity . Her head had been shaved , and around it was swathed a piece of
rag , in ...
Her arms and feet were uncovered , and of almost skeleton thinness . Her
features were meagre , and ghastly white , and had the fixed and horrible stamp
of insanity . Her head had been shaved , and around it was swathed a piece of
rag , in ...
Page 228
In this screen , which masked the entrance of a dark passage communicating
with the Condemned Hold , about five feet from the ground , was a hatch ,
protected by long spikes set six inches apart , and each of the thickness of an
elephant ' s ...
In this screen , which masked the entrance of a dark passage communicating
with the Condemned Hold , about five feet from the ground , was a hatch ,
protected by long spikes set six inches apart , and each of the thickness of an
elephant ' s ...
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| Title | Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 6 |
| Editors | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith |
| Publisher | Richard Bentley, 1839 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Nov 2007 |
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