VictoryModern Library, 1921 - 385 pages |
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Page xi
... waited for him in a world which he persisted in looking upon as a malevolent shadow spinning in the sun- light . Often in the course of years an expressed sentiment , the particular sense of a phrase heard casually , would recall him to ...
... waited for him in a world which he persisted in looking upon as a malevolent shadow spinning in the sun- light . Often in the course of years an expressed sentiment , the particular sense of a phrase heard casually , would recall him to ...
Page 56
... waited , ringing the bell again and again , and swallowing two or three iced drinks which he did not want . Presently , as he hoped it would happen , Mrs. Schomberg came in , silk dress , long neck , ringlets , scared eyes , and silly ...
... waited , ringing the bell again and again , and swallowing two or three iced drinks which he did not want . Presently , as he hoped it would happen , Mrs. Schomberg came in , silk dress , long neck , ringlets , scared eyes , and silly ...
Page 86
... waited a little before he went the same way , round the corner , up the steps of the verandah , and into his room , where he lay down at last - not to sleep , but to go over in his mind all that had been said at their meeting . " It's ...
... waited a little before he went the same way , round the corner , up the steps of the verandah , and into his room , where he lay down at last - not to sleep , but to go over in his mind all that had been said at their meeting . " It's ...
Page 113
... waited for him- no fit companion for a man of his ability and " in the prime of life . " But that life , alas , was blighted . He felt it ; and never with such force as when on opening the door he perceived that woman sitting patiently ...
... waited for him- no fit companion for a man of his ability and " in the prime of life . " But that life , alas , was blighted . He felt it ; and never with such force as when on opening the door he perceived that woman sitting patiently ...
Page 147
... waited , attentive , yet not without a certain con- tempt . " On the track of a man ! " Schomberg uttered con- vulsively , and paused again , consulting his rage and his conscience . " The man in the moon , eh ? " suggested Ricardo , in ...
... waited , attentive , yet not without a certain con- tempt . " On the track of a man ! " Schomberg uttered con- vulsively , and paused again , consulting his rage and his conscience . " The man in the moon , eh ? " suggested Ricardo , in ...
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