Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 18
... schooners , and then vanished , on board an Arab ship , in the direction of New Guinea . He remained so long in that outlying part of his enchanted circle that he was nearly forgotten before he swam into view again in a native proa full ...
... schooners , and then vanished , on board an Arab ship , in the direction of New Guinea . He remained so long in that outlying part of his enchanted circle that he was nearly forgotten before he swam into view again in a native proa full ...
Page 75
... schooners bound to the eastward . This was known afterward from the Javanese boatmen whom Heyst hired for the purpose at three o'clock in the morning . The Tesman schooner had sailed at daylight with the usual land breeze , and was prob ...
... schooners bound to the eastward . This was known afterward from the Javanese boatmen whom Heyst hired for the purpose at three o'clock in the morning . The Tesman schooner had sailed at daylight with the usual land breeze , and was prob ...
Page 176
... up to be mate . I was mate of a schooner — a yacht , you might call her a special good berth too , in the Gulf of Mexico , a soft job that you don't run across more than once in a lifetime . Yes , I was 176 VICTORY .
... up to be mate . I was mate of a schooner — a yacht , you might call her a special good berth too , in the Gulf of Mexico , a soft job that you don't run across more than once in a lifetime . Yes , I was 176 VICTORY .
Page 178
... schooner , whatever you call it by ten gentlemen at once . That surprises you , eh ? Yes , yes , ten . Leastwise there were nine of them gents good enough in their way , and one downright gentleman , and that was . . . ” Ricardo gave ...
... schooner , whatever you call it by ten gentlemen at once . That surprises you , eh ? Yes , yes , ten . Leastwise there were nine of them gents good enough in their way , and one downright gentleman , and that was . . . ” Ricardo gave ...
Page 185
... schooner . He laughs a little and says that I didn't see all the bearings of this business . " Mind , he says , ' don't let him leave you till you see me come up again . ' He puts his eyes close to mine . ' Keep him with you at all ...
... schooner . He laughs a little and says that I didn't see all the bearings of this business . " Mind , he says , ' don't let him leave you till you see me come up again . ' He puts his eyes close to mine . ' Keep him with you at all ...
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