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Page 94
... Lugareños . Now we go . " I saw , as in a dream of stress and violence , some men making ready to cast off the schooner , and then , in a supreme effort , an effort of lusty youth and strength , which I remember to this day , I ...
... Lugareños . Now we go . " I saw , as in a dream of stress and violence , some men making ready to cast off the schooner , and then , in a supreme effort , an effort of lusty youth and strength , which I remember to this day , I ...
Page 123
... Lugareños - villagers . They were sea - thieves , but they were dangerous . At night , from these clusters of hovels surrounded by the banana plantations , there issued a villainous noise , the humming of hived scoundrels . Lights ...
... Lugareños - villagers . They were sea - thieves , but they were dangerous . At night , from these clusters of hovels surrounded by the banana plantations , there issued a villainous noise , the humming of hived scoundrels . Lights ...
Page 130
... Lugareños . In Ha- vana he had for him the reigning powers ; in Rio Medio the lowest outcasts of the island . This last was the most dangerous aspect of his power for us , and also his weakest point . This was the touch of something ...
... Lugareños . In Ha- vana he had for him the reigning powers ; in Rio Medio the lowest outcasts of the island . This last was the most dangerous aspect of his power for us , and also his weakest point . This was the touch of something ...
Page 133
... Lugareños of the bay . I have known him come like this before . " I remembered that in the morning , while dressing , I had glanced out of the narrow outside window of my room , and had seen a brown , mounted figure passing on the sands ...
... Lugareños of the bay . I have known him come like this before . " I remembered that in the morning , while dressing , I had glanced out of the narrow outside window of my room , and had seen a brown , mounted figure passing on the sands ...
Page 137
... Lugareños had stolen in unnoticed by me . There was a stifled metallic ringing , as of a guitar carried under a cloak . " Vengeance on the heretic Inglez ! " " Come away ! They may suddenly open the gate and fall upon us with sticks ...
... Lugareños had stolen in unnoticed by me . There was a stifled metallic ringing , as of a guitar carried under a cloak . " Vengeance on the heretic Inglez ! " " Come away ! They may suddenly open the gate and fall upon us with sticks ...
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Page 115 - he would die of grief. The general effect of the place was of vitality exhausted, of a body calcined, of romance turned into stone. The still air, the hot sunshine, the white beach curving around the deserted sheet of water, the
Page 110 - I would like best to see you marry my cousin. Once before a woman of our race had married an Englishman. She had been happy. English things last forever—English peace, English power, English fidelity. It is a country of much serenity, of order,
Page 355 - WHY have I been brought here, your worships?" I asked, with a great deal of firmness. There were two figures in black, the one beside, the other behind a large black table. I was placed in front of them, between two soldiers, in the
Page 108 - king, had fought against the French, had a price put upon his head by a special proclamation. He had known passion, power, war, exile, and love. He had been thanked by his returned king,
Page 165 - their long knives. They came in a disorderly, shouting mob along the beach, intending this not for an attack, but as a simple demonstration. The sight of the open gate struck them with wonder. The bishop's coach
Page 108 - et armis, a nun from a convent, incurring the enmity of the Church and the displeasure of his sovereign. He had sacrificed all his fortune in Europe to the service of
Page 349 - of my hair was concealed by the handkerchief bound under my hat; my footsteps echoed loudly under the vault, and I penetrated into the heart of the city. And directly, it seemed to me, I had stepped back three hundred years. I had never seen anything so old; this was the abandoned inheritance of an adventurous race, that seemed to have thrown all its might, all its
Page 404 - Who is it that refuses to drink a glass of brandy?' He asked me what countryman I was, and if I was an American." There were two others from the unfortunate