Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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... heard by more than a hundred persons in the islands talking of a " great stride forward for these regions . " The convinced wave of the hand which accompanied the phrase suggested tropical distances being impelled onward . In connection ...
... heard by more than a hundred persons in the islands talking of a " great stride forward for these regions . " The convinced wave of the hand which accompanied the phrase suggested tropical distances being impelled onward . In connection ...
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... heard the exclamation - had been so impressed by the tone , fervour , rapture , what you will , or perhaps by the incongruity of it that he had related the experience to more than one person . " Queer chap , that Swede , " was his only ...
... heard the exclamation - had been so impressed by the tone , fervour , rapture , what you will , or perhaps by the incongruity of it that he had related the experience to more than one person . " Queer chap , that Swede , " was his only ...
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... heard him say which might have had a bearing on the point was his invitation to old McNab himself . Turning with that finished courtesy of attitude , movement , voice , which was his obvious characteristic , he had said with delicate ...
... heard him say which might have had a bearing on the point was his invitation to old McNab himself . Turning with that finished courtesy of attitude , movement , voice , which was his obvious characteristic , he had said with delicate ...
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... heard . I know it . I feel it . For why should you offer— ” Heyst inclined his head , as from respect for a conviction in which he could not share . But he stuck to his point by muttering that in the presence of an odious fact like this ...
... heard . I know it . I feel it . For why should you offer— ” Heyst inclined his head , as from respect for a conviction in which he could not share . But he stuck to his point by muttering that in the presence of an odious fact like this ...
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... heard that Morrison had gone home through the Suez Canal in order to push the magnifi- cent coal idea personally in London . He parted from his brig and disappeared from our ken ; but we heard that he had written a letter or letters to ...
... heard that Morrison had gone home through the Suez Canal in order to push the magnifi- cent coal idea personally in London . He parted from his brig and disappeared from our ken ; but we heard that he had written a letter or letters to ...
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