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Page 26
... never in such a panic dread in all my life , and that I never saw the shape and likeness of death so exactly drawn before my eyes in all my days . However , though I firmly believed myself to be a person no longer of this world , yet ...
... never in such a panic dread in all my life , and that I never saw the shape and likeness of death so exactly drawn before my eyes in all my days . However , though I firmly believed myself to be a person no longer of this world , yet ...
Page 168
... never knew where you were with the jinns , and one could never be sure what shapes they would take . He called them the ' bad men of the invisible world ' , and when I asked him about the invisible world he said that this was the twin ...
... never knew where you were with the jinns , and one could never be sure what shapes they would take . He called them the ' bad men of the invisible world ' , and when I asked him about the invisible world he said that this was the twin ...
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... never saw anything more lovely , nor had I ever enjoyed so many delightful sensations as our day's ride afforded me . I have never forgotten it . The beauty of the distant mountains , the richness of the vegetation , the utter ...
... never saw anything more lovely , nor had I ever enjoyed so many delightful sensations as our day's ride afforded me . I have never forgotten it . The beauty of the distant mountains , the richness of the vegetation , the utter ...
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