Victory: An Island TaleA story of rescue and violent tragedy set in the Malayan archipelago, 'Victory' combines high adventure with sensitive portrayal of three drifters. |
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... There is , from that point of view , a deplorable lack of concentration in coal . Now , if a coal - mine could be put into one's waistcoat pocket - but it can't ! At the same time , there is a fascination in coal , the supreme commodity ...
... There is , from that point of view , a deplorable lack of concentration in coal . Now , if a coal - mine could be put into one's waistcoat pocket - but it can't ! At the same time , there is a fascination in coal , the supreme commodity ...
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... There was a coal - mine there , with an outcrop in the hillside less than five hundred yards from the rickety wharf and the imposing blackboard . The company's object had been to get hold of all the outcrops on tropical islands and ...
... There was a coal - mine there , with an outcrop in the hillside less than five hundred yards from the rickety wharf and the imposing blackboard . The company's object had been to get hold of all the outcrops on tropical islands and ...
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... there was some difficulty in making him out . He was not a traveller . A traveller ar- rives and departs , goes on somewhere . Heyst did not depart . I met a man once - the manager of the branch of the Oriental Banking Corporation in Ma ...
... there was some difficulty in making him out . He was not a traveller . A traveller ar- rives and departs , goes on somewhere . Heyst did not depart . I met a man once - the manager of the branch of the Oriental Banking Corporation in Ma ...
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... There's nothing worth knowing but facts . Hard facts ! Facts alone , Mr. Tesman . " I don't know if old Tesman agreed with him or not , but he must have spoken about it , because , for a time , our man got the name of " Hard Facts ...
... There's nothing worth knowing but facts . Hard facts ! Facts alone , Mr. Tesman . " I don't know if old Tesman agreed with him or not , but he must have spoken about it , because , for a time , our man got the name of " Hard Facts ...
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... there's that So - and - So village . They are pretty well off again ; I may just as well squeeze them to begin with . " He would make a ferocious entry in the pocket- book : Memo : -Squeeze the So - and - So village at the first time of ...
... there's that So - and - So village . They are pretty well off again ; I may just as well squeeze them to begin with . " He would make a ferocious entry in the pocket- book : Memo : -Squeeze the So - and - So village at the first time of ...
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