Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 13
... its head just above the northern horizon , and at night levelled at him , from amongst the clear stars , a dull red glow , expanding and collapsing spasmodically like the end of a gigantic cigar puffed at intermittently in the dark ...
... its head just above the northern horizon , and at night levelled at him , from amongst the clear stars , a dull red glow , expanding and collapsing spasmodically like the end of a gigantic cigar puffed at intermittently in the dark ...
Page 14
... its un- lighted side . But the most conspicuous object was a gigantic blackboard raised on two posts and present- ing to Heyst , when the moon got over that side , the white letters " T. B. C. Co. " in a row at least two feet high ...
... its un- lighted side . But the most conspicuous object was a gigantic blackboard raised on two posts and present- ing to Heyst , when the moon got over that side , the white letters " T. B. C. Co. " in a row at least two feet high ...
Page 18
... a long glass emptied of its contents - paid for by Heyst- he said , with deliberate sagacity : " Heyst's a puffect g'n'lman . Puffect ! But he's a ut - uto - utopist . " Heyst had just gone out of the place of public 18 VICTORY .
... a long glass emptied of its contents - paid for by Heyst- he said , with deliberate sagacity : " Heyst's a puffect g'n'lman . Puffect ! But he's a ut - uto - utopist . " Heyst had just gone out of the place of public 18 VICTORY .
Page 21
... its gongs and hoist all its streamers , and all its girls would put flowers in their hair , and the crowd would line the river bank , and Morrison would beam and glitter at all this excite- ment through his single eyeglass with an air ...
... its gongs and hoist all its streamers , and all its girls would put flowers in their hair , and the crowd would line the river bank , and Morrison would beam and glitter at all this excite- ment through his single eyeglass with an air ...
Page 25
... It's a villainous plot . Unluckily , one is helpless . That scoundrel Cousinho - Andreas , you know - has been coveting the brig for years . Naturally , I would never sell . She is not only my livelihood ; she's my life . So he has ...
... It's a villainous plot . Unluckily , one is helpless . That scoundrel Cousinho - Andreas , you know - has been coveting the brig for years . Naturally , I would never sell . She is not only my livelihood ; she's my life . So he has ...
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