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Page xi
... light . Often in the course of years an expressed sentiment , the particular sense of a phrase heard casually , would recall him to my mind so that I have fastened on to him many words heard on other men's lips and belonging to other ...
... light . Often in the course of years an expressed sentiment , the particular sense of a phrase heard casually , would recall him to my mind so that I have fastened on to him many words heard on other men's lips and belonging to other ...
Page xv
... light of the world - so natural that I offer no excuse for their existence . They were there , they had to come out ; and this is a sufficient excuse for a writer of tales who had taken to his trade without preparation , or premedita ...
... light of the world - so natural that I offer no excuse for their existence . They were there , they had to come out ; and this is a sufficient excuse for a writer of tales who had taken to his trade without preparation , or premedita ...
Page 4
... 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 vegetation , broken shadows of bamboo fences in the sheen 4 VICTORY.
... 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 vegetation , broken shadows of bamboo fences in the sheen 4 VICTORY.
Page 42
... light , into my lap while I sat there unsuspecting , " Davidson went on . " Directly I had recovered my senses , I asked her what on earth she had to do with it that Heyst should leave it with her . And then , 42 VICTORY.
... light , into my lap while I sat there unsuspecting , " Davidson went on . " Directly I had recovered my senses , I asked her what on earth she had to do with it that Heyst should leave it with her . And then , 42 VICTORY.
Page 60
... light from that direc- tion ; but I can't believe that those beggars would go in there only to sit and think of their sins in the dark . " ` " That's strange . It's incredible that Schomberg should- risk that sort of thing , " I said ...
... light from that direc- tion ; but I can't believe that those beggars would go in there only to sit and think of their sins in the dark . " ` " That's strange . It's incredible that Schomberg should- risk that sort of thing , " I said ...
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