Victory: An Island TaleMetheun & Company, 1919 - 444 pages |
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... seemed mostly concerned for was the " stride forward , " as he ex- pressed it , in the general organisation of the universe , apparently . He was heard by more than a hundred persons in the islands talking of a " great stride for ward ...
... seemed mostly concerned for was the " stride forward , " as he ex- pressed it , in the general organisation of the universe , apparently . He was heard by more than a hundred persons in the islands talking of a " great stride for ward ...
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... seemed the very last person to be the agent of Providence in an affair concerned with money . The fact of his turning up in Timor or anywhere else was no more wonderful than the settling of a sparrow on one's window - sill at any given ...
... seemed the very last person to be the agent of Providence in an affair concerned with money . The fact of his turning up in Timor or anywhere else was no more wonderful than the settling of a sparrow on one's window - sill at any given ...
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... seemed to swim in a green sea . Then that too ! disappeared , as if it had sunk into the living depths of the tropical vegetation , which is more jealous of men's conquests than the ocean , and which was about to close over the last ...
... seemed to swim in a green sea . Then that too ! disappeared , as if it had sunk into the living depths of the tropical vegetation , which is more jealous of men's conquests than the ocean , and which was about to close over the last ...
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... seemed to imply that he had been wandering before he came under our observation . In what regions ? At what early age ? Mystery . Perhaps he was a bird that had never had a nest . " I left school very early , " he remarked once to ...
... seemed to imply that he had been wandering before he came under our observation . In what regions ? At what early age ? Mystery . Perhaps he was a bird that had never had a nest . " I left school very early , " he remarked once to ...
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... seemed rude not to take any otice of her . He said , in allusion to the poster : Are you having these people in the house ? " She was so unused to being addressed by customers hat at the sound of his voice she jumped in her seat ...
... seemed rude not to take any otice of her . He said , in allusion to the poster : Are you having these people in the house ? " She was so unused to being addressed by customers hat at the sound of his voice she jumped in her seat ...
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