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Page viii
... short story of mine published in 1902. Here he appears in a still larger part , true to life ( I hope ) , but also true to himself . Only , in this instance , his deeper passions come into play , and thus his grotesque psy- chology is ...
... short story of mine published in 1902. Here he appears in a still larger part , true to life ( I hope ) , but also true to himself . Only , in this instance , his deeper passions come into play , and thus his grotesque psy- chology is ...
Page ix
... short Author's Note which is preserved in this edition bears sufficient wit- , ness to the feelings with which I consented to the pub- fication of the book . The fact of the book having been published in the United States early in the ...
... short Author's Note which is preserved in this edition bears sufficient wit- , ness to the feelings with which I consented to the pub- fication of the book . The fact of the book having been published in the United States early in the ...
Page xi
... short ac- quaintance . That it was short was certainly not my fault , for he had charmed me by the mere amenity of his detachment which , in this case , I cannot help thinking he had carried to excess . He went away from his rooms ...
... short ac- quaintance . That it was short was certainly not my fault , for he had charmed me by the mere amenity of his detachment which , in this case , I cannot help thinking he had carried to excess . He went away from his rooms ...
Page xv
... short cut - through the wall . This bestial apparition and a certain enormous buck nigger encountered in Haiti only a couple of months afterwards , have fixed my conception of blind , furious , unreasoning rage , as mani- fested in the ...
... short cut - through the wall . This bestial apparition and a certain enormous buck nigger encountered in Haiti only a couple of months afterwards , have fixed my conception of blind , furious , unreasoning rage , as mani- fested in the ...
Page 16
... So inconceivable that as they were trudging together through the sand of the roadway to the custom - house another mud hovel - to pay the fine , Morrison broke into a cold sweat , stopped short , and exclaimed 16 VICTORY.
... So inconceivable that as they were trudging together through the sand of the roadway to the custom - house another mud hovel - to pay the fine , Morrison broke into a cold sweat , stopped short , and exclaimed 16 VICTORY.
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