Chapter 16, "The Place of Death"
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I am not a nervous man in a general way, and very little troubled with superstitions, of which I have lived to see the folly.
— H. Rider Haggard
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "H. Rider Haggard" (Quotes, King Solomon's Mines (1885))
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About H. Rider Haggard
Sir Henry Rider Haggard (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925), born in Bradenham, Norfolk, England, was a Victorian writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations such as southern Africa, Central Asia, Egypt, Iceland and Mexico.
About H. Rider Haggard
Sir Henry Rider Haggard (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925), born in Bradenham, Norfolk, England, was a Victorian writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations such as southern Africa, Central Asia, Egypt, Iceland and Mexico.
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