Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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... don't pretend to say that this is the entire Teutonic psychology ; but it is indubitably the psychology of a Teuton . My object in mentioning him here is to bring out the fact that , far from being the incarnation of recent animosities ...
... don't pretend to say that this is the entire Teutonic psychology ; but it is indubitably the psychology of a Teuton . My object in mentioning him here is to bring out the fact that , far from being the incarnation of recent animosities ...
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... interested in ? ” " Facts , " broke in Heyst in his courtly voice . " There's nothing worth knowing but facts . Hard facts ! Facts alone , Mr. Tesman . " Victory . 2 I don't know if old Tesman agreed with him or VICTORY . 17.
... interested in ? ” " Facts , " broke in Heyst in his courtly voice . " There's nothing worth knowing but facts . Hard facts ! Facts alone , Mr. Tesman . " Victory . 2 I don't know if old Tesman agreed with him or VICTORY . 17.
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An Island Tale Joseph Conrad. I don't know if old Tesman agreed with him or not , but he must have spoken about it , because , for a time , our man got the name of " Hard Facts . " He had the singular good fortune that his sayings stuck ...
An Island Tale Joseph Conrad. I don't know if old Tesman agreed with him or not , but he must have spoken about it , because , for a time , our man got the name of " Hard Facts . " He had the singular good fortune that his sayings stuck ...
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... don't know if Morrison thought so , but the villagers had no doubt whatever about it . Whenever a coast village sighted the brig it would begin to beat all its gongs and hoist all its streamers , and all its girls would put flowers in ...
... don't know if Morrison thought so , but the villagers had no doubt whatever about it . Whenever a coast village sighted the brig it would begin to beat all its gongs and hoist all its streamers , and all its girls would put flowers in ...
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... you shall have the opportunity to see how some of us end ; for it is the end , for me . I can't deceive myself any longer . You see it , don't you ? " -a line Morrison had pulled himself together , but one felt the VICTORY . 25.
... you shall have the opportunity to see how some of us end ; for it is the end , for me . I can't deceive myself any longer . You see it , don't you ? " -a line Morrison had pulled himself together , but one felt the VICTORY . 25.
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