RomanceDent, 1949 - 541 pages |
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Page 8
... land was just on the other side of the Street , and the shepherds on the downs used to see of nights a dead - and - gone Rooksby , Sir Peter that was , ride upon it past the quarry with his head under his arm . I don't think I believed ...
... land was just on the other side of the Street , and the shepherds on the downs used to see of nights a dead - and - gone Rooksby , Sir Peter that was , ride upon it past the quarry with his head under his arm . I don't think I believed ...
Page 108
... land . Not a single light was visible . A wistful and dreamy longing pervaded me , as though I had been drugged . I dreamed , as young men dream , of a girl's face . She was sleeping there within this dim vision of land . Perhaps this ...
... land . Not a single light was visible . A wistful and dreamy longing pervaded me , as though I had been drugged . I dreamed , as young men dream , of a girl's face . She was sleeping there within this dim vision of land . Perhaps this ...
Page 345
... land- ing : ship hove to for hours close in shore , a boat going off to land and returning , and all such pother . ' We are sure to see their little show , ' they think to them- selves . Eh ? What ? Whereas we shall keep well clear of the ...
... land- ing : ship hove to for hours close in shore , a boat going off to land and returning , and all such pother . ' We are sure to see their little show , ' they think to them- selves . Eh ? What ? Whereas we shall keep well clear of the ...
Contents
THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH | 3 |
THE GIRL WITH THE LIZARD | 57 |
CASA RIEGO | 139 |
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