Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 7
... in peace time . It was the last literary thought which had occurred to me before the doors of the Temple of Janus flying open with a crash shook the minds , the hearts , the consciences of men all over the AUTHOR'S NOTE ...
... in peace time . It was the last literary thought which had occurred to me before the doors of the Temple of Janus flying open with a crash shook the minds , the hearts , the consciences of men all over the AUTHOR'S NOTE ...
Page 8
... mind to let the word stand , in the same hopeful spirit in which some simple citizen of Old Rome would have " accepted the Omen . " The second point on which I wish to offer a remark is the existence ( in the novel ) of a person named ...
... mind to let the word stand , in the same hopeful spirit in which some simple citizen of Old Rome would have " accepted the Omen . " The second point on which I wish to offer a remark is the existence ( in the novel ) of a person named ...
Page 39
... minds . For a time everybody in the islands was talking of the Tropical Belt Coal , and even those who smiled quietly to themselves were only hiding their uneasi- ness . Oh , yes ; it had come , and anybody could see what would be the ...
... minds . For a time everybody in the islands was talking of the Tropical Belt Coal , and even those who smiled quietly to themselves were only hiding their uneasi- ness . Oh , yes ; it had come , and anybody could see what would be the ...
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... mind , I mean even a little of it , I mean any at all . One was inclined to think of her as an It— an automaton , a very plain dummy , with an arrange- ment for bowing the head at times and smiling stupidly now and then . Davidson ...
... mind , I mean even a little of it , I mean any at all . One was inclined to think of her as an It— an automaton , a very plain dummy , with an arrange- ment for bowing the head at times and smiling stupidly now and then . Davidson ...
Page 82
... mind to invoke your assistance is Mrs. Schomberg . " / " I have talked with her , " interjected Davidson . " Oh ! You ? Yes , I hoped she would find means to " " But she didn't tell me much , " interrupted Davidson , who was not averse ...
... mind to invoke your assistance is Mrs. Schomberg . " / " I have talked with her , " interjected Davidson . " Oh ! You ? Yes , I hoped she would find means to " " But she didn't tell me much , " interrupted Davidson , who was not averse ...
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