Romance: A NovelDoubleday, 1931 - 541 pages |
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Page 108
... land . Not a single light was visible . A wistful , dreamy longing , a quiet longing per- vaded 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 ...
... land . Not a single light was visible . A wistful , dreamy longing , a quiet longing per- vaded 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 ...
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 ...
Page 437
... land , but the lanthorn in Enrico's hand glimmered motionless at the end of the jetty , till a bend of the stream hid it from our sight . We glided smoothly between the banks . Now and then a stretch of osiers and cane brakes rustled ...
... land , but the lanthorn in Enrico's hand glimmered motionless at the end of the jetty , till a bend of the stream hid it from our sight . We glided smoothly between the banks . Now and then a stretch of osiers and cane brakes rustled ...
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