Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 12
... tion . These are very unnatural physics , but they account for the persistent inertia of Heyst , at which we " out here " used to laugh among ourselves- but not inimically . An inert body can do no harm to any one , provokes no ...
... tion . These are very unnatural physics , but they account for the persistent inertia of Heyst , at which we " out here " used to laugh among ourselves- but not inimically . An inert body can do no harm to any one , provokes no ...
Page 16
... tion with anything in particular ( it was in the billiard- room of the club ) : " I am enchanted with these islands ! " He shot it out suddenly , à propos de bottes , as the French say , and while chalking his cue . And perhaps it was ...
... tion with anything in particular ( it was in the billiard- room of the club ) : " I am enchanted with these islands ! " He shot it out suddenly , à propos de bottes , as the French say , and while chalking his cue . And perhaps it was ...
Page 50
... tion ! That was the trouble , it seems . Be this as it may , he suddenly reappeared in the world , broad chest , bald forehead , long moustaches , polite manner , and all - the complete Heyst , even to the kindly , sunken eyes on which ...
... tion ! That was the trouble , it seems . Be this as it may , he suddenly reappeared in the world , broad chest , bald forehead , long moustaches , polite manner , and all - the complete Heyst , even to the kindly , sunken eyes on which ...
Page 98
... tion by the rasped , squeaked , scraped snatches of tunes pursuing him even to his hard couch , with a mattress as thin as a pancake and a diaphanous mosquito net . He descended among the trees , where the soft glow of Japanese lanterns ...
... tion by the rasped , squeaked , scraped snatches of tunes pursuing him even to his hard couch , with a mattress as thin as a pancake and a diaphanous mosquito net . He descended among the trees , where the soft glow of Japanese lanterns ...
Page 103
... tion had never before been captured by any feminine creature in that marked and exclusive fashion . He looked at her anxiously , as no man ever looks at another man ; and he positively forgot where he was . He had lost touch with his ...
... tion had never before been captured by any feminine creature in that marked and exclusive fashion . He looked at her anxiously , as no man ever looks at another man ; and he positively forgot where he was . He had lost touch with his ...
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