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Page xiii
... never laid a claim to that distinction . His detachment was too great to make any claims big or small on one's credulity . I will not say where I met him because I fear to give my readers a wrong impression , since a marked incongruity ...
... never laid a claim to that distinction . His detachment was too great to make any claims big or small on one's credulity . I will not say where I met him because I fear to give my readers a wrong impression , since a marked incongruity ...
Page xv
... never confided to me . Truth to say the only passenger on board that schooner who could have talked openly about his activities and purposes was a very snuffy and conversationally de- lightful friar , the Superior of a convent ...
... never confided to me . Truth to say the only passenger on board that schooner who could have talked openly about his activities and purposes was a very snuffy and conversationally de- lightful friar , the Superior of a convent ...
Page xvii
... never . The impression was less vivid . I got away from him too quickly . It seems to me but natural that those three buried in a corner of my memory should suddenly get out into the light of the world — so natural that I offer no ...
... never . The impression was less vivid . I got away from him too quickly . It seems to me but natural that those three buried in a corner of my memory should suddenly get out into the light of the world — so natural that I offer no ...
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... never did that . Afraid of mosquitoes , very likely . Neither was he ever tempted by the silence to address any casual remarks to the companion glow of the volcano . He was not mad . Queer chap - yes , that may have been said , and in ...
... never did that . Afraid of mosquitoes , very likely . Neither was he ever tempted by the silence to address any casual remarks to the companion glow of the volcano . He was not mad . Queer chap - yes , that may have been said , and in ...
Page 11
... never see any of your advances if you go on like this , Morrison . " He would put on a knowing air . " I shall squeeze them yet some day - never you fear . And that reminds me " -- pulling out his inseparable pocketbook- " there's that ...
... never see any of your advances if you go on like this , Morrison . " He would put on a knowing air . " I shall squeeze them yet some day - never you fear . And that reminds me " -- pulling out his inseparable pocketbook- " there's that ...
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