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Page xvi
... there was dead : He had died in the night . I don't remember ever being so moved by the desolate end of a complete stranger . I looked down the skylight , and there was the devoted Martin busy cording cowhide trunks belonging to the ...
... there was dead : He had died in the night . I don't remember ever being so moved by the desolate end of a complete stranger . I looked down the skylight , and there was the devoted Martin busy cording cowhide trunks belonging to the ...
Page xix
... there was not the slightest resemblance between them . All I am certain of in their personal re- lation to each other is that cruel pinch on the upper part of the arm . That I am sure I have seen ! There could be no mistake . I was in a ...
... there was not the slightest resemblance between them . All I am certain of in their personal re- lation to each other is that cruel pinch on the upper part of the arm . That I am sure I have seen ! There could be no mistake . I was in a ...
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... There is , from that point of view , a deplorable lack of concentration in coal . Now , if a coal- mine could be put into one's waistcoat pocket — but it can't ! At the same time , there is a fascination in coal , the supreme commodity ...
... There is , from that point of view , a deplorable lack of concentration in coal . Now , if a coal- mine could be put into one's waistcoat pocket — but it can't ! At the same time , there is a fascination in coal , the supreme commodity ...
Page 5
... There was a coal - mine there , with an outcrop in the hillside less than five hundred yards from the rickety wharf and the imposing blackboard . The company's object had been to get hold of all the outcrops on tropical islands and ...
... There was a coal - mine there , with an outcrop in the hillside less than five hundred yards from the rickety wharf and the imposing blackboard . The company's object had been to get hold of all the outcrops on tropical islands and ...
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... There was no danger of any one taking seriously his dream of tropical coal , so what was the use of hurting his feelings ? Thus reasoned men in reputable business offices where he had his entrée as a person who came out East with ...
... There was no danger of any one taking seriously his dream of tropical coal , so what was the use of hurting his feelings ? Thus reasoned men in reputable business offices where he had his entrée as a person who came out East with ...
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