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Page 16
He ' ll swing , I ' ll lay you a - ” From far above us came a shout , then a confused
noise of voices . The moon began to get up ; above the cutting ... In the King ' s
name , ” Lillywhite shouted , “ get off that nag and lend a hand ! We ' ve a prisoner
.
He ' ll swing , I ' ll lay you a - ” From far above us came a shout , then a confused
noise of voices . The moon began to get up ; above the cutting ... In the King ' s
name , ” Lillywhite shouted , “ get off that nag and lend a hand ! We ' ve a prisoner
.
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The lanthorn was seized and flashed upon us ; there was a confused hubbub . I
caught my own name . “ Yes , I ' m Kemp . . . . John Kemp , ” I called . “ I ' m true
blue . ” " Blue be hanged ! ” a voice shouted back . “ What be you a - doing with ...
The lanthorn was seized and flashed upon us ; there was a confused hubbub . I
caught my own name . “ Yes , I ' m Kemp . . . . John Kemp , ” I called . “ I ' m true
blue . ” " Blue be hanged ! ” a voice shouted back . “ What be you a - doing with ...
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We ' ll tie your legs and hang you by your fingers . If you hang long enough , you '
ll have time to say your prayers . Look alive , lads ! ” The voice of one of the
runners began to shout , “ You ' ll swing for this — youAs for me I was in a dream .
We ' ll tie your legs and hang you by your fingers . If you hang long enough , you '
ll have time to say your prayers . Look alive , lads ! ” The voice of one of the
runners began to shout , “ You ' ll swing for this — youAs for me I was in a dream .
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See , seņor ! ” The blue gleam was much larger — it flared smokily up towards
the sky . I made out ghastly parallelograms of a ship ' s sails high above us , and
at last many faces peering unseeingly over the rail in our direction . We all
shouted ...
See , seņor ! ” The blue gleam was much larger — it flared smokily up towards
the sky . I made out ghastly parallelograms of a ship ' s sails high above us , and
at last many faces peering unseeingly over the rail in our direction . We all
shouted ...
Page 73
There was a blazing sun , and the crowd pushed and shouted and craned its
thousands of heads every time one heard the cry of “ Here they come , ” for an
hour or so . There was a very limpid sky , a very limpid sea , a scattering of
shipping ...
There was a blazing sun , and the crowd pushed and shouted and craned its
thousands of heads every time one heard the cry of “ Here they come , ” for an
hour or so . There was a very limpid sky , a very limpid sea , a scattering of
shipping ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance Volume 7 of Complete Works, Ford Madox Ford |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1903 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 28 Aug 2009 |
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