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Page 19
... close to me : " Now , you runners - and you , John Kemp - here you be on the brink of eternity , above the old quarry . There's a sheer drop of a hundred feet . We'll tie your legs and hang you by your fingers . If you hang long enough ...
... close to me : " Now , you runners - and you , John Kemp - here you be on the brink of eternity , above the old quarry . There's a sheer drop of a hundred feet . We'll tie your legs and hang you by your fingers . If you hang long enough ...
Page 28
... close behind my ear . " I know who they are . There were bills out for them this morning . I'd blow them , and take the reward , but for you and Squahre Rooksby . They're handy with their knives , too , I fancy . You mind me , and look ...
... close behind my ear . " I know who they are . There were bills out for them this morning . I'd blow them , and take the reward , but for you and Squahre Rooksby . They're handy with their knives , too , I fancy . You mind me , and look ...
Page 40
... close to us then . Carlos looked at me with an expression of affection that a little shamed my lightness of tone : " I love you much more than a kinsman , Juan , ” he said . " I wish you could come with me . I try to arrange it . Later ...
... close to us then . Carlos looked at me with an expression of affection that a little shamed my lightness of tone : " I love you much more than a kinsman , Juan , ” he said . " I wish you could come with me . I try to arrange it . Later ...
Page 60
... close his ears and pretend not to hear . The planters had an- other grievance the pirates in the Gulf of Mexico . There was one in particular , a certain El Demonio or Diableto , who practically sealed the Florida passage ; it was ...
... close his ears and pretend not to hear . The planters had an- other grievance the pirates in the Gulf of Mexico . There was one in particular , a certain El Demonio or Diableto , who practically sealed the Florida passage ; it was ...
Page 91
... close to us , and handed it to her father , who had leant a little forward in his chair . Every movement of hers affected me with an intimate joy ; it was as if I had been waiting to see just that carriage of the neck , just that proud ...
... close to us , and handed it to her father , who had leant a little forward in his chair . Every movement of hers affected me with an intimate joy ; it was as if I had been waiting to see just that carriage of the neck , just that proud ...
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