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... Sam- buran " I have lived longest with Heyst ( or with him I call Heyst ) it was at her , whom I call Lena , that I have looked the longest and with a most sustained attention . This attention criginated in idleness for which I have a ...
... Sam- buran " I have lived longest with Heyst ( or with him I call Heyst ) it was at her , whom I call Lena , that I have looked the longest and with a most sustained attention . This attention criginated in idleness for which I have a ...
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... Sam- buran the " Round Island " of the charts - was dazzling ; and in the flood of cold light Heyst could see his imme- diate surroundings , which had the aspect of an abandoned Settlement invaded by the jungle : vague roofs above low ...
... Sam- buran the " Round Island " of the charts - was dazzling ; and in the flood of cold light Heyst could see his imme- diate surroundings , which had the aspect of an abandoned Settlement invaded by the jungle : vague roofs above low ...
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... Samburan , the No. I coaling - station of the company . And it was not merely a coaling - station . There was a coal - mine there , with an outcrop in the hillside less than five hundred yards from the rickety wharf and the impos- ing ...
... Samburan , the No. I coaling - station of the company . And it was not merely a coaling - station . There was a coal - mine there , with an outcrop in the hillside less than five hundred yards from the rickety wharf and the impos- ing ...
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... Samburan , or Round Island , for the central station . Some copies of the pros- pectus issued in Europe , having found their way out East , were passed from hand to hand . We greatly admired the map which accompanied them for the ...
... Samburan , or Round Island , for the central station . Some copies of the pros- pectus issued in Europe , having found their way out East , were passed from hand to hand . We greatly admired the map which accompanied them for the ...
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... Samburan . He's never been away from it . The company is gone , the engineers are gone , the clerks are gone , the coolies are gone , everything's gone ; but there he sticks . Captain Davidson , coming by from the westward , saw him ...
... Samburan . He's never been away from it . The company is gone , the engineers are gone , the clerks are gone , the coolies are gone , everything's gone ; but there he sticks . Captain Davidson , coming by from the westward , saw him ...
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