Romance: A NovelDoubleday, 1931 - 541 pages |
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... English peace , English power , English fidelity . It is a country of much serenity , of order , of stable affec- tion . 99 His voice was very weak and full of faith . I remained silent , overwhelmed at this secret of my innermost heart ...
... English peace , English power , English fidelity . It is a country of much serenity , of order , of stable affec- tion . 99 His voice was very weak and full of faith . I remained silent , overwhelmed at this secret of my innermost heart ...
Page 196
... English ; any means . To strike ! That's the thing . I would die happy if I knew I had helped to detach from you one island - one little island of all the earth you have filched away , stolen , taken by force , got by lying . Don't ...
... English ; any means . To strike ! That's the thing . I would die happy if I knew I had helped to detach from you one island - one little island of all the earth you have filched away , stolen , taken by force , got by lying . Don't ...
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... English señora would have dismissed me forever from her presence for such a hint . ' Your Excellency , ' I said , ' deign , then , to find it good that I should avoid giving offence to that man . It is not my desire to run my neck into ...
... English señora would have dismissed me forever from her presence for such a hint . ' Your Excellency , ' I said , ' deign , then , to find it good that I should avoid giving offence to that man . It is not my desire to run my neck into ...
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admiral Alguazil answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt glance gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart honour immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew lanthorn laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareños Macdonald Manuel matter murder murmured never Nichols night O'Brien once pirates Ramon Rangsley ravine Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail saturnine schooner Sebright seemed seen Señor Señorita Seraphina shadow ship shoulders shouted side sight silence smile sort soul sound Spanish stood suddenly talk tell thing thought throat Tomas Castro turned uncle voice walked wall whispered Williams woman words