Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 23
... strange if he had ; and all these debts entered in the pocketbook weren't good enough to raise a millrei on - let alone a shilling . The Portuguese officials begged him not to distress himself . They gave him a week's grace , and then ...
... strange if he had ; and all these debts entered in the pocketbook weren't good enough to raise a millrei on - let alone a shilling . The Portuguese officials begged him not to distress himself . They gave him a week's grace , and then ...
Page 37
... strange country . " In truth , he pined after the Capricorn - I don't mean only the tropic ; I mean the ship too . Finally he went into Dorsetshire to see his people , caught a bad cold , and died with extraordinary precipitation in the ...
... strange country . " In truth , he pined after the Capricorn - I don't mean only the tropic ; I mean the ship too . Finally he went into Dorsetshire to see his people , caught a bad cold , and died with extraordinary precipitation in the ...
Page 47
... , " said the con- scientious commander of the Sissie . His owner had a face like an ancient lemon . He was small and wizened — which was strange , because generally a Chinaman , as he grows in prosperity , VICTORY . 47.
... , " said the con- scientious commander of the Sissie . His owner had a face like an ancient lemon . He was small and wizened — which was strange , because generally a Chinaman , as he grows in prosperity , VICTORY . 47.
Page 65
... strange man to such a spot . Heyst had , no doubt , told her the truth . He was a gentleman . But no words could do justice to the conditions of life on Samburan . A desert island was nothing to it . Moreover , when you were cast away ...
... strange man to such a spot . Heyst had , no doubt , told her the truth . He was a gentleman . But no words could do justice to the conditions of life on Samburan . A desert island was nothing to it . Moreover , when you were cast away ...
Page 75
... strange invasion , and wanted to know who were the two offensive lunatics in a steam- launch , apparently after a man and a girl , and telling a story of which one could make neither head nor tail . Their reception , by the roadstead ...
... strange invasion , and wanted to know who were the two offensive lunatics in a steam- launch , apparently after a man and a girl , and telling a story of which one could make neither head nor tail . Their reception , by the roadstead ...
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