Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 13
... clear stars , a dull red glow , expanding and collapsing spasmodically like the end of a gigantic cigar puffed at intermittently in the dark . Axel Heyst was also a smoker ; and when he lounged out on his veranda with his cheroot , the ...
... clear stars , a dull red glow , expanding and collapsing spasmodically like the end of a gigantic cigar puffed at intermittently in the dark . Axel Heyst was also a smoker ; and when he lounged out on his veranda with his cheroot , the ...
Page 41
... clear out of sight in his attempts to break away from the enchantment of " these isles , " either in the direction of New Guinea or in the direction of Saigon - to cannibals or to cafés . The enchanted Heyst ! Had he at last broken the ...
... clear out of sight in his attempts to break away from the enchantment of " these isles , " either in the direction of New Guinea or in the direction of Saigon - to cannibals or to cafés . The enchanted Heyst ! Had he at last broken the ...
Page 81
... clear his friendliness , and not knowing what else to say : " You haven't run short of stores or anything like that ? " Heyst smiled and shook his head . " No , no . Nothing of the kind . We are fairly well off here . Thanks , all the ...
... clear his friendliness , and not knowing what else to say : " You haven't run short of stores or anything like that ? " Heyst smiled and shook his head . " No , no . Nothing of the kind . We are fairly well off here . Thanks , all the ...
Page 99
... clear of the ground , was simply stunning . An instrumental uproar , screaming , grunting , whining , sobbing , scraping , squeaking some kind of lively air ; while a grand piano , operated upon by a bony , red - faced ' woman with bad ...
... clear of the ground , was simply stunning . An instrumental uproar , screaming , grunting , whining , sobbing , scraping , squeaking some kind of lively air ; while a grand piano , operated upon by a bony , red - faced ' woman with bad ...
Page 107
... clear . It was not distinguished that could not be expected— but the features had more fineness than those of any other feminine countenance he had ever had the opportunity to observe so closely . There was in it something indefinably ...
... clear . It was not distinguished that could not be expected— but the features had more fineness than those of any other feminine countenance he had ever had the opportunity to observe so closely . There was in it something indefinably ...
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