Romance: A NovelDoubleday, 1931 - 541 pages |
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Page 249
... fire was burning on the low point of land where Nichols the Nova Scotian - had planted the battery which had worked such havoc with Admiral Rowley's boats . It was a mere earthwork and some of the guns had been removed . The fire ...
... fire was burning on the low point of land where Nichols the Nova Scotian - had planted the battery which had worked such havoc with Admiral Rowley's boats . It was a mere earthwork and some of the guns had been removed . The fire ...
Page 287
... fire up , and we put the suction - hose of the fire pump into the boiler , and we filled the coppers and the kettles . Not a bad notion , eh ? But ten times as much wouldn't have been enough , and the hose burst at the third stroke , so ...
... fire up , and we put the suction - hose of the fire pump into the boiler , and we filled the coppers and the kettles . Not a bad notion , eh ? But ten times as much wouldn't have been enough , and the hose burst at the third stroke , so ...
Page 365
... fire , made a vague gesture , and took her chin in her hand without looking at him . " Patience , " he mumbled to himself very audibly . " He is rich , this picaro , O'Brien . But there is , also , a proverb - that no riches shall avail ...
... fire , made a vague gesture , and took her chin in her hand without looking at him . " Patience , " he mumbled to himself very audibly . " He is rich , this picaro , O'Brien . But there is , also , a proverb - that no riches shall avail ...
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