Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 13
... speaking now of things showing some sort of animation — was an indolent volcano which smoked faintly all day with its head just above the northern horizon , and at night levelled at him , from amongst the clear stars , a dull red glow ...
... speaking now of things showing some sort of animation — was an indolent volcano which smoked faintly all day with its head just above the northern horizon , and at night levelled at him , from amongst the clear stars , a dull red glow ...
Page 16
... speaking , a circle with a radius of eight hundred miles drawn round a point in North Borneo was in Heyst's case a magic circle . It just touched Manila , and he had been seen there . It just touched Saigon , and he was likewise seen ...
... speaking , a circle with a radius of eight hundred miles drawn round a point in North Borneo was in Heyst's case a magic circle . It just touched Manila , and he had been seen there . It just touched Saigon , and he was likewise seen ...
Page 40
... speak of Heyst as the Enemy . He was very concrete , very visible now . He was rushing all over the Archi- pelago , jumping in and out of local mail - packets as if they had been tram - cars , here , there , and every- where ...
... speak of Heyst as the Enemy . He was very concrete , very visible now . He was rushing all over the Archi- pelago , jumping in and out of local mail - packets as if they had been tram - cars , here , there , and every- where ...
Page 46
... speak familiarly to . There's something in him . One doesn't care to . " But what's the object ? Are you thinking of keeping possession of the mine ? ' I asked him . " Something of the sort , ' he says . " I am keeping hold . ' “ But ...
... speak familiarly to . There's something in him . One doesn't care to . " But what's the object ? Are you thinking of keeping possession of the mine ? ' I asked him . " Something of the sort , ' he says . " I am keeping hold . ' “ But ...
Page 48
... speak to , nobody ever asks after him but that Chinaman of mine - and Schomberg , " he added after a while . Yes , Schomberg , of course . He was asking everybody about everything , and arranging the information into the most scandalous ...
... speak to , nobody ever asks after him but that Chinaman of mine - and Schomberg , " he added after a while . Yes , Schomberg , of course . He was asking everybody about everything , and arranging the information into the most scandalous ...
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