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Page 7
There was also the possibility of falling under the suspicion of commercial astuteness deceiving the public into the belief that the book had something to do with war . Of that , however , I was not afraid very much .
There was also the possibility of falling under the suspicion of commercial astuteness deceiving the public into the belief that the book had something to do with war . Of that , however , I was not afraid very much .
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VICTORY AN ISLAND TALE I There is , as every schoolboy knows in this scientific age , a very close chemical relation between coal and diamonds . It is the reason , I believe , why some people allude to coal as " black diamonds .
VICTORY AN ISLAND TALE I There is , as every schoolboy knows in this scientific age , a very close chemical relation between coal and diamonds . It is the reason , I believe , why some people allude to coal as " black diamonds .
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There was seldom enough wind to blow a feather along . On most evenings of the year Heyst could have sat outside with a naked candle to read one of the books left him by his late father . It was not a mean store .
There was seldom enough wind to blow a feather along . On most evenings of the year Heyst could have sat outside with a naked candle to read one of the books left him by his late father . It was not a mean store .
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fact was said ; but there is a tremendous difference between the two , you will allow . On the nights of full moon the silence around Samburan — the “ Round Island " of the chartswas dazzling ; and in the flood of cold light Heyst could ...
fact was said ; but there is a tremendous difference between the two , you will allow . On the nights of full moon the silence around Samburan — the “ Round Island " of the chartswas dazzling ; and in the flood of cold light Heyst could ...
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| Title | Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1 Volume 17 of Standard collection of British and American authors Victory: An Island Tale, Joseph Conrad |
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
| Publisher | Louis Conard, 1916 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 31 Jan 2019 |
| Length | 276 pages |
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