Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1923 - 541 pages |
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Page 8
... knew nothing whatever of that great world . I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury school , to Hythe market , to Romney market . Our farm nestled down under the steep , brown downs , just beside the Roman ...
... knew nothing whatever of that great world . I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury school , to Hythe market , to Romney market . Our farm nestled down under the steep , brown downs , just beside the Roman ...
Page 9
... knew enough herself — all the resident gentry did . But Ralph - though he was to some extent of the new school , and used to boast that , if applied to , he would grant a warrant against any Free Trader never did , as a matter of fact ...
... knew enough herself — all the resident gentry did . But Ralph - though he was to some extent of the new school , and used to boast that , if applied to , he would grant a warrant against any Free Trader never did , as a matter of fact ...
Page 12
... knew well enough , both of us . They were coming in force from Canterbury way down to the Marsh . It had cost Ralph a pretty penny ; but , once in the hands of the smugglers , his cousin and Castro would be safe enough from the runners ...
... knew well enough , both of us . They were coming in force from Canterbury way down to the Marsh . It had cost Ralph a pretty penny ; but , once in the hands of the smugglers , his cousin and Castro would be safe enough from the runners ...
Page 15
... wait much longer . Hark to that ! " The approaching horses had turned off the turf on to the hard road ; the steps of first one and then another sounded out down the silent hill . I knew it THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH 15.
... wait much longer . Hark to that ! " The approaching horses had turned off the turf on to the hard road ; the steps of first one and then another sounded out down the silent hill . I knew it THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH 15.
Page 16
... knew it was the Free Traders from that ; for except between banks they kept to the soft roadsides as if it were an article of faith . The noise of hoofs became that of an army . The runners began to consult . The shadow called Thoms was ...
... knew it was the Free Traders from that ; for except between banks they kept to the soft roadsides as if it were an article of faith . The noise of hoofs became that of an army . The runners began to consult . The shadow called Thoms was ...
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