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Page xvi
... trouble to remark on such slight evidence that the voice was very charming and when the performers resumed their seats I shifted my position slightly in order not to have that particular performer hidden from me by the little man with ...
... trouble to remark on such slight evidence that the voice was very charming and when the performers resumed their seats I shifted my position slightly in order not to have that particular performer hidden from me by the little man with ...
Page 11
... trouble . He had come the week before into Delli , and the Portuguese authorities , on some pretence of irregu- larity in his papers , had inflicted a fine upon him and had arrested his brig . Morrison never had any spare cash in hand ...
... trouble . He had come the week before into Delli , and the Portuguese authorities , on some pretence of irregu- larity in his papers , had inflicted a fine upon him and had arrested his brig . Morrison never had any spare cash in hand ...
Page 13
... trouble to myself . Words can't do it justice ; but since I've told you so much I may as well tell you more . Listen ... troubles . It seems such cheek . Anyhow , this morning I— I have never done any harm to any God's creature know ...
... trouble to myself . Words can't do it justice ; but since I've told you so much I may as well tell you more . Listen ... troubles . It seems such cheek . Anyhow , this morning I— I have never done any harm to any God's creature know ...
Page 30
... trouble . Axel Heyst ought not to have cared for his letters or whatever it was that brought him out after something more than a year and a half in Samburan . But it was of no use . He had not the hermit's vocation ! That was the trouble ...
... trouble . Axel Heyst ought not to have cared for his letters or whatever it was that brought him out after something more than a year and a half in Samburan . But it was of no use . He had not the hermit's vocation ! That was the trouble ...
Page 69
... trouble , expressively harassed , dejected , lonely . It was the same impulse . But he did not recognize it . He was not thinking of Morrison then . It may be said that , for the first time since the final abandonment of the Samburan ...
... trouble , expressively harassed , dejected , lonely . It was the same impulse . But he did not recognize it . He was not thinking of Morrison then . It may be said that , for the first time since the final abandonment of the Samburan ...
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