Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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... person named Schomberg . That I believe him to be true goes without saying . I am not likely to offer pinchbeck wares to my public consciously . Schomberg is an old member of my company . A very subordinate personage in Lord Jim as far ...
... person named Schomberg . That I believe him to be true goes without saying . I am not likely to offer pinchbeck wares to my public consciously . Schomberg is an old member of my company . A very subordinate personage in Lord Jim as far ...
Page 15
... 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 with the finished courtesy ...
... 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 with the finished courtesy ...
Page 16
... person who came out East with letters of introduction - and modest letters of credit , too - some years before these coal - outcrops began to crop up in his playfully courteous talk . From the first there was some difficulty in making ...
... person who came out East with letters of introduction - and modest letters of credit , too - some years before these coal - outcrops began to crop up in his playfully courteous talk . From the first there was some difficulty in making ...
Page 17
... person . " Queer chap , that Swede , " was his only com- ment ; but this is the origin of the name " Enchanted Heyst " which some fellows fastened on our man . He also had other names . In his early years , long before he got so ...
... person . " Queer chap , that Swede , " was his only com- ment ; but this is the origin of the name " Enchanted Heyst " which some fellows fastened on our man . He also had other names . In his early years , long before he got so ...
Page 27
... person than Heyst would have exclaimed at it . And even Heyst could hardly keep incredulity out of his politely modulated voice as he asked if it was a fact that Morrison had not that amount in hand . Morrison hadn't . He had only a ...
... person than Heyst would have exclaimed at it . And even Heyst could hardly keep incredulity out of his politely modulated voice as he asked if it was a fact that Morrison had not that amount in hand . Morrison hadn't . He had only a ...
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