Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 17
... fellows fastened on our man . He also had other names . In his early years , long before he got so becomingly bald on the top , he went to present a letter of introduction to Mr. Tesman of Tesman Brothers , a Sourabaya firm - tip- top ...
... fellows fastened on our man . He also had other names . In his early years , long before he got so becomingly bald on the top , he went to present a letter of introduction to Mr. Tesman of Tesman Brothers , a Sourabaya firm - tip- top ...
Page 30
... fellow - began to talk about repayment . He knew very well his inability to lay by any sum of money . It was partly the fault of circumstances and partly of his temperament ; and it would have been very difficult to apportion the ...
... fellow - began to talk about repayment . He knew very well his inability to lay by any sum of money . It was partly the fault of circumstances and partly of his temperament ; and it would have been very difficult to apportion the ...
Page 38
... fellow . He squeezes you dry like a lemon , then chucks you out - sends you home to die . Take warn- ing by Morrison . " Of course , we laughed at the innkeeper's sugges- tions of black mystery . Several of us heard that Heyst was ...
... fellow . He squeezes you dry like a lemon , then chucks you out - sends you home to die . Take warn- ing by Morrison . " Of course , we laughed at the innkeeper's sugges- tions of black mystery . Several of us heard that Heyst was ...
Page 41
... fellow like that for manager ? Phoo ! " Was it the clairvoyance of imbecile hatred , or mere stupid tenacity of opinion , which ends some- times by scoring against the world in a most aston- ishing manner ? Most of us can remember ...
... fellow like that for manager ? Phoo ! " Was it the clairvoyance of imbecile hatred , or mere stupid tenacity of opinion , which ends some- times by scoring against the world in a most aston- ishing manner ? Most of us can remember ...
Page 42
... fellow did not go and drown himself , " he would add with a comical earnestness that ought to have made us shudder ; only our crowd was superficial , and did not apprehend the psychology of this pious hope . " Why ? Heyst isn't in debt ...
... fellow did not go and drown himself , " he would add with a comical earnestness that ought to have made us shudder ; only our crowd was superficial , and did not apprehend the psychology of this pious hope . " Why ? Heyst isn't in debt ...
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