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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 countenance, from which I could not avert my eyes, that I was unable longer to endure it.
— Adelbert von Chamisso
Tags: humble, man, me, eyes

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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.
— Adelbert von Chamisso
Tags: possible, deception, end, parents
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 nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze.
— Adelbert von Chamisso
Tags: first, together, me, myself
Because it appears to me a hazardous thing to exchange my soul for my shadow.
— Adelbert von Chamisso
Tags: my-soul, soul, shadow, me
My first care the following morning was, to devise some means of discovering the man in the grey cloak.
— Adelbert von Chamisso
Tags: some, care, man, morning
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 neck, and concealed it in my bosom.
— Adelbert von Chamisso
Tags: place, nothing, gold, me
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