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Page 27
... but he is now very old , and has left Havana to die in his palace in his own town . He has an only daughter , a Dona Seraphina , and I suppose that if I find favor in 66 his eyes I shall marry her , and inherit PART FIRST 27.
... but he is now very old , and has left Havana to die in his palace in his own town . He has an only daughter , a Dona Seraphina , and I suppose that if I find favor in 66 his eyes I shall marry her , and inherit PART FIRST 27.
Page 45
... whether those who take my goods are pirates , as you English say , or Mexican privateers , as the Havana authorities say . I do not very much care . Basta , what I know is that every week some ship with a letter of marque steals one 45 VI.
... whether those who take my goods are pirates , as you English say , or Mexican privateers , as the Havana authorities say . I do not very much care . Basta , what I know is that every week some ship with a letter of marque steals one 45 VI.
Page 46
... Havana , for New Orleans , or any Gulf port , you would ask me . What more natural ? It is my business , my trade , to know these things . In that way I make my bread . But as for Rio Medio , I do not know the place . " He had a touch ...
... Havana , for New Orleans , or any Gulf port , you would ask me . What more natural ? It is my business , my trade , to know these things . In that way I make my bread . But as for Rio Medio , I do not know the place . " He had a touch ...
Page 57
... Havana till it blows over . My old woman's on board . " His face fell . But there , you'll get round her . I'll see you through . " 66 They drank some sangaree and became noisy . I wasn't very happy ; there was much truth in what David ...
... Havana till it blows over . My old woman's on board . " His face fell . But there , you'll get round her . I'll see you through . " 66 They drank some sangaree and became noisy . I wasn't very happy ; there was much truth in what David ...
Page 59
... Havana authorities — as an international cour- tesy I suppose , or else because they were pirates of no account and short in funds , or because the admiral had been making a fuss in front of the Morro . It was even asserted by the anti ...
... Havana authorities — as an international cour- tesy I suppose , or else because they were pirates of no account and short in funds , or because the admiral had been making a fuss in front of the Morro . It was even asserted by the anti ...
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Page 41 - Here's the mahn ye were speerin' after. Here's Macdonald." It was the voice of Barnes, and the voice of the every day. I discovered that I had been tremendously upset. The pulses in my temples were throbbing, and I wanted to shut my eyes — to sleep! I was tired; Romance had departed. Barnes and the Macdonald he had found for me represented all the laborious insects of the world; all the ants who are forever hauling immensely heavy and immensely unimportant burdens up weary hillocks, down steep...