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Page viii
... short story of mine published in 1902. Here he appears in a still larger part , true to life ( I hope ) , but also true to himself . Only , in this instance , his deeper passions come into play , and thus his grotesque psychology is ...
... short story of mine published in 1902. Here he appears in a still larger part , true to life ( I hope ) , but also true to himself . Only , in this instance , his deeper passions come into play , and thus his grotesque psychology is ...
Page ix
... short Author's Note which is preserved in this edition bears sufficient witness to the feel- ings with which I consented to the publication of the book . The fact of the book having been published in the United States early in the year ...
... short Author's Note which is preserved in this edition bears sufficient witness to the feel- ings with which I consented to the publication of the book . The fact of the book having been published in the United States early in the year ...
Page xi
... short ac- quaintance . That it was short was certainly not my fault , for he had charmed me by the mere amenity of his detach- ment which , in this case , I cannot help thinking he had carried to excess . He went away from his rooms ...
... short ac- quaintance . That it was short was certainly not my fault , for he had charmed me by the mere amenity of his detach- ment which , in this case , I cannot help thinking he had carried to excess . He went away from his rooms ...
Page xiv
... short cut - through the wall . This bestial apparition and a certain enormous buck nigger encountered in Haiti only a couple of months afterwards , have fixed my concep- tion of blind , furious , unreasoning rage , as manifested in the ...
... short cut - through the wall . This bestial apparition and a certain enormous buck nigger encountered in Haiti only a couple of months afterwards , have fixed my concep- tion of blind , furious , unreasoning rage , as manifested in the ...
Page 12
... inconceivable . So inconceivable that as they were trudging together through the sand of the roadway to the custom - house- another mud hovel - to pay the fine , Morrison broke into a cold sweat , stopped short , and exclaimed in 12 ...
... inconceivable . So inconceivable that as they were trudging together through the sand of the roadway to the custom - house- another mud hovel - to pay the fine , Morrison broke into a cold sweat , stopped short , and exclaimed in 12 ...
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