The inheritors, by Joseph Conrad and F.M. HuefferDoubleday, Page, 1901 |
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Page 31
... Duc de Mersch - was by way of being a phi- lanthropist on megalomaniac lines . For some interna- tional reason he had been allowed to possess himself of the pleasant land of Greenland . There was gold in it and train - oil in it and ...
... Duc de Mersch - was by way of being a phi- lanthropist on megalomaniac lines . For some interna- tional reason he had been allowed to possess himself of the pleasant land of Greenland . There was gold in it and train - oil in it and ...
Page 32
... Duc de Mersch started the Hour . The Hour was to extol the Duc de Mersch's moral purpose ; to pat the Government's back ; influence public opinion ; and generally advance the cause of the System for the Regeneration of the Arctic ...
... Duc de Mersch started the Hour . The Hour was to extol the Duc de Mersch's moral purpose ; to pat the Government's back ; influence public opinion ; and generally advance the cause of the System for the Regeneration of the Arctic ...
Page 78
... de Mersch's eagerness . They were rather shabby , rather incredible reasons , that sounded too rea- sonable to be ... Duc de Mersch was said to be moving , and the Hour certainly contained periodically complimentary allusions to their ...
... de Mersch's eagerness . They were rather shabby , rather incredible reasons , that sounded too rea- sonable to be ... Duc de Mersch was said to be moving , and the Hour certainly contained periodically complimentary allusions to their ...
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