Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 59
... orchestra ; " Zangiacomo's eastern tour - eighteen performers . " The poster stated that they had had the honour of playing their select repertoire before various colonial excellencies , also before pashas , sheiks , chiefs , H.H. the ...
... orchestra ; " Zangiacomo's eastern tour - eighteen performers . " The poster stated that they had had the honour of playing their select repertoire before various colonial excellencies , also before pashas , sheiks , chiefs , H.H. the ...
Page 62
... orchestra were real Italians , were they not ? ” Of course , he didn't care . He wanted to see whether the mechanism would work again . It did . It said they were not . They were of all sorts , ap- parently . It paused , with the one ...
... orchestra were real Italians , were they not ? ” Of course , he didn't care . He wanted to see whether the mechanism would work again . It did . It said they were not . They were of all sorts , ap- parently . It paused , with the one ...
Page 63
... orchestra girls are no chicks . " " Young enough , " came the low voice out of Mrs. Schomberg's unmoved physiognomy . Davidson , encouraged , remarked that he was sorry for her . He was easily sorry for people . " Where did they go to ...
... orchestra girls are no chicks . " " Young enough , " came the low voice out of Mrs. Schomberg's unmoved physiognomy . Davidson , encouraged , remarked that he was sorry for her . He was easily sorry for people . " Where did they go to ...
Page 64
... orchestra girl ! " You might have knocked me down with a feather , " Davidson told us some time afterward . By then he was taking an indulgent view of both the parties to that amazing transaction . First of all , on reflection , he was ...
... orchestra girl ! " You might have knocked me down with a feather , " Davidson told us some time afterward . By then he was taking an indulgent view of both the parties to that amazing transaction . First of all , on reflection , he was ...
Page 65
... orchestra to remain content there for a day , for one single day , was inconceivable . She would be frightened at the first sight of it . She would scream . The capacity for sympathy in these stout , placid Victory . 5 men ! Davidson ...
... orchestra to remain content there for a day , for one single day , was inconceivable . She would be frightened at the first sight of it . She would scream . The capacity for sympathy in these stout , placid Victory . 5 men ! Davidson ...
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