Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 15
... 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 of his manner , it was ...
... 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 of his manner , it was ...
Page 16
... talk . From the first there was some difficulty in making him out . He was not a traveller . A traveller arrives and departs , goes on somewhere . Heyst did not depart . I met a I met a man once the manager of the branch of the Oriental ...
... talk . From the first there was some difficulty in making him out . He was not a traveller . A traveller arrives and departs , goes on somewhere . Heyst did not depart . I met a I met a man once the manager of the branch of the Oriental ...
Page 20
... talking . Morrison was " one of He was owner and master of the Capricorn , trading brig , and was understood to be doing well with her , except for the drawback of too much us . " altruism . He was the dearly beloved friend of a 20 ...
... talking . Morrison was " one of He was owner and master of the Capricorn , trading brig , and was understood to be doing well with her , except for the drawback of too much us . " altruism . He was the dearly beloved friend of a 20 ...
Page 23
... talk in the street . ” The haggard Morrison followed obediently into a sombre , cool hovel which he would have disdained to enter at any other time . He was distracted , He did not know what he was doing . You could VICTORY . 23.
... talk in the street . ” The haggard Morrison followed obediently into a sombre , cool hovel which he would have disdained to enter at any other time . He was distracted , He did not know what he was doing . You could VICTORY . 23.
Page 27
... 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 more of Heyst than the rest of VICTORY . 27.
... 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 more of Heyst than the rest of VICTORY . 27.
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