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... Round Island " of the charts - was dazzling ; and in the flood of cold light Heyst could see his immediate surround- ings , which had the aspect of an abandoned settlement in- vaded by the jungle : vague roofs above low vegetation ...
... Round Island " of the charts - was dazzling ; and in the flood of cold light Heyst could see his immediate surround- ings , which had the aspect of an abandoned settlement in- vaded by the jungle : vague roofs above low vegetation ...
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... round a point in North Borneo was in Heyst's case a magic circle . It just touched Manila , and he had been seen there . It just touched Saigon , and he was kewise seen there once . Perhaps these were his attempts break out . If so ...
... round a point in North Borneo was in Heyst's case a magic circle . It just touched Manila , and he had been seen there . It just touched Saigon , and he was kewise seen there once . Perhaps these were his attempts break out . If so ...
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... 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 ; but he let nothing of ...
... 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 ; but he let nothing of ...
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... Round Island , for the central station . Some copies of the pro- spectus issued in Europe , having found their way out East , were passed from hand to hand . We greatly admired the map which accompanied them for the edification of the ...
... Round Island , for the central station . Some copies of the pro- spectus issued in Europe , having found their way out East , were passed from hand to hand . We greatly admired the map which accompanied them for the edification of the ...
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... round trip , but as that was sixteen hundred miles it did not matter much . " I have told my owner of it , " said the conscientious com- mander of the Sissie . His owner had a face like an ancient lemon . He was small and wizened ...
... round trip , but as that was sixteen hundred miles it did not matter much . " I have told my owner of it , " said the conscientious com- mander of the Sissie . His owner had a face like an ancient lemon . He was small and wizened ...
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