RomanceDoubleday, Doran, 1938 - 541 pages |
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Page 60
... clear our seas . . . . Let it hang El Demonio . The Government had sent out one of Nelson's old captains , Admiral Rowley , a good fighting man ; but when it came to clearing the Gulf of Mexico , he was about as useless as a prize ...
... clear our seas . . . . Let it hang El Demonio . The Government had sent out one of Nelson's old captains , Admiral Rowley , a good fighting man ; but when it came to clearing the Gulf of Mexico , he was about as useless as a prize ...
Page 267
... clear sun . Castro made a brusque movement ; a little shudder of disgust escaped Seraphina . Meantime , Manuel declared , by his audacity , that ship was as good as theirs already . " Viva el Capataz ! they cheered . · 99 The cloud ...
... clear sun . Castro made a brusque movement ; a little shudder of disgust escaped Seraphina . Meantime , Manuel declared , by his audacity , that ship was as good as theirs already . " Viva el Capataz ! they cheered . · 99 The cloud ...
Page 400
... clear of the cornice , and I understood they formed a half - circle round him , draw- ing their knives . Manuel , screeching in a high falsetto , ordered the bonds of his feet to be cut . I advanced my head out as far as I dared ; their ...
... clear of the cornice , and I understood they formed a half - circle round him , draw- ing their knives . Manuel , screeching in a high falsetto , ordered the bonds of his feet to be cut . I advanced my head out as far as I dared ; their ...
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