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Page 42
... was the angular figure of Nichols , the second mate . He looked up at me , screwing his yellow eyes together . " Going ashore , " he asked , " ' long of that Puffing Billy ? " " What business is it of yours ? " I 42 ROMANCE.
... was the angular figure of Nichols , the second mate . He looked up at me , screwing his yellow eyes together . " Going ashore , " he asked , " ' long of that Puffing Billy ? " " What business is it of yours ? " I 42 ROMANCE.
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... Nichols . You remember the mate of the ship you came over in . He was Nicola el Demonio ; he won't be any longer - I can't tell you why , it's too long a story . " I did remember very vividly that cadaverous Nova Scotian mate of the ...
... Nichols . You remember the mate of the ship you came over in . He was Nicola el Demonio ; he won't be any longer - I can't tell you why , it's too long a story . " I did remember very vividly that cadaverous Nova Scotian mate of the ...
Page 107
... Nichols , that Nova Scotian mate , an unscrupulous sailor , for O'Brien's service . He was to leave the ship in Kingston , and report himself to Ramon , who furnished him with the means to go to Cuba . That man , seeing me intimate with ...
... Nichols , that Nova Scotian mate , an unscrupulous sailor , for O'Brien's service . He was to leave the ship in Kingston , and report himself to Ramon , who furnished him with the means to go to Cuba . That man , seeing me intimate with ...
Page 109
... Nichols - a devil to fight ; but I think he will not consent without a little persuasion . Decoy him , then , to Ramon's , and do your persuading . ' O'Brien was very glad , because he thought that at last I was coming to take an ...
... Nichols - a devil to fight ; but I think he will not consent without a little persuasion . Decoy him , then , to Ramon's , and do your persuading . ' O'Brien was very glad , because he thought that at last I was coming to take an ...
Page 124
... Nichols it did look as if they were really becoming enterprising . They had actually chased and boarded ships sixty ... Nichols there had been a rather bloodthirsty Frenchman , but he got himself stabbed in an aguardiente shop for ...
... Nichols it did look as if they were really becoming enterprising . They had actually chased and boarded ships sixty ... Nichols there had been a rather bloodthirsty Frenchman , but he got himself stabbed in an aguardiente shop for ...
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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