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Are we to have nothing tonight?" said one of them, with a low laugh, as she pointed to the bag which he had thrown upon the floor, and which moved as ...more

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Even if she be not harmed, her heart may fail her in so much and so many horrors; and hereafter she may suffer--both in waking, from her nerves, and i...more

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It is only when a man feels himself face to face with such horrors that he can understand their true import.

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And when he had crossed the bridge, the phantoms came to meet him.

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These friends - and he laid his hand on some of the books - have been good friends to me, and for some years past, ever since I had the idea of going ...more

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preserve my sanity, for to this I am reduced. Safety and the assurance of safety are things of the past. Whilst I live on here there is but one thing ...more

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I have always thought that a wild animal never looks so well as when some obstacle of pronounced durability is between us. A personal experience has i...more

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Walpurgis Night, when, according to the belief of millions of people, the devil was abroad - when the graves were opened and the dead came forth and w...more