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... gone , the brim of his round pith hat shading an unshaven , livid face . His white clothes , which he had not taken off for three days , were dingy . He looked already gone to the bad , past redemption . The sight was shocking to Heyst ...
... gone , the brim of his round pith hat shading an unshaven , livid face . His white clothes , which he had not taken off for three days , were dingy . He looked already gone to the bad , past redemption . The sight was shocking to Heyst ...
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... gone home through the Suez Canal in order to push the magnificent coal idea personally in London . He parted from his brig and disappeared from our ken ; but we heard that he had written a letter or letters to Heyst , saying that London ...
... gone home through the Suez Canal in order to push the magnificent coal idea personally in London . He parted from his brig and disappeared from our ken ; but we heard that he had written a letter or letters to Heyst , saying that London ...
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... gone , the engineers are gone , the clerks are gone , the coolies are gone , everything's gone ; but there he sticks . Captain Davidson , coming by from the westward , saw him with his own eyes . Something white on the wharf ; so he ...
... gone , the engineers are gone , the clerks are gone , the coolies are gone , everything's gone ; but there he sticks . Captain Davidson , coming by from the westward , saw him with his own eyes . Something white on the wharf ; so he ...
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