Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 16
... suddenly , à propos de bottes , as the French say , and while chalking his cue . And perhaps it was some sort of enchantment . There are more spells than your commonplace magicians ever dreamed of . Roughly speaking , a circle with a ...
... suddenly , à propos de bottes , as the French say , and while chalking his cue . And perhaps it was some sort of enchantment . There are more spells than your commonplace magicians ever dreamed of . Roughly speaking , a circle with a ...
Page 24
... suddenly he had stumbled on a white man , figuratively and actually white - for Morrison refused to accept the racial whiteness of the Portuguese officials . He let himself go for the mere relief of violent speech , his elbows planted ...
... suddenly he had stumbled on a white man , figuratively and actually white - for Morrison refused to accept the racial whiteness of the Portuguese officials . He let himself go for the mere relief of violent speech , his elbows planted ...
Page 26
... with a man everlastingly bothering the Almighty with his silly troubles . It seems such cheek . Anyhow , this morning I — I have never done any harm to any God's creature knowingly— I prayed . A sudden impulse - I went flop 26 VICTORY .
... with a man everlastingly bothering the Almighty with his silly troubles . It seems such cheek . Anyhow , this morning I — I have never done any harm to any God's creature knowingly— I prayed . A sudden impulse - I went flop 26 VICTORY .
Page 27
... sudden dis- favour at that noble forehead , at those great martial moustaches , at the tired eyes of the man sitting opposite him . Who the devil was he ? What was he , Morrison , doing there , talking like this ? Mor- He rison knew no ...
... sudden dis- favour at that noble forehead , at those great martial moustaches , at the tired eyes of the man sitting opposite him . Who the devil was he ? What was he , Morrison , doing there , talking like this ? Mor- He rison knew no ...
Page 28
... suddenly risen and hit him on the nose , he could not have been taken more aback than when this stranger , this nondescript wanderer , said with a little bow across the table : " Oh ! If that's the case I would be very happy if you'd ...
... suddenly risen and hit him on the nose , he could not have been taken more aback than when this stranger , this nondescript wanderer , said with a little bow across the table : " Oh ! If that's the case I would be very happy if you'd ...
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