Romance: A NovelDoubleday, 1931 - 541 pages |
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Page 102
... boat slipped astern , bumping against the side . I missed the main chain , too , and yelled all the time with desperation , " For God's sake ! Ship ahoy ! For God's sake throw me a rope , some- body , before it's too late ! " I was ...
... boat slipped astern , bumping against the side . I missed the main chain , too , and yelled all the time with desperation , " For God's sake ! Ship ahoy ! For God's sake throw me a rope , some- body , before it's too late ! " I was ...
Page 247
... boat , without a splash , floated . The earth , slipping as it were away from under the keel , left us borne upon the waters of the bay , which were as still as the windless night itself . The pushing off of that boat was like a ...
... boat , without a splash , floated . The earth , slipping as it were away from under the keel , left us borne upon the waters of the bay , which were as still as the windless night itself . The pushing off of that boat was like a ...
Page 355
... boat . Blue lightning streamed on a lane of tumbling waters at its foot . Was this the entrance ? With the vague notion of shortening sail , I let the sheet go from my hand . There was a jerk , the crack of snapped wood , and the next ...
... boat . Blue lightning streamed on a lane of tumbling waters at its foot . Was this the entrance ? With the vague notion of shortening sail , I let the sheet go from my hand . There was a jerk , the crack of snapped wood , and the next ...
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