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Page 38
... señor speaks loudly again , I shall kill him . " He was evidently very frightened of something . Carlos , silent as ... Senor Don Juan Kemp , child of the devil , " he hissed , looking very much frightened , " you must die ! " I smiled ...
... señor speaks loudly again , I shall kill him . " He was evidently very frightened of something . Carlos , silent as ... Senor Don Juan Kemp , child of the devil , " he hissed , looking very much frightened , " you must die ! " I smiled ...
Page 116
... Señor , my cousin , " she said picturesquely , " he would , if he could , drop poison into every spring of clear ... Senor , my English cousin , he even # dares aspire to my person . " The game of cards was over . " Death rather , " she ...
... Señor , my cousin , " she said picturesquely , " he would , if he could , drop poison into every spring of clear ... Senor , my English cousin , he even # dares aspire to my person . " The game of cards was over . " Death rather , " she ...
Page 146
... señor . And you — you ask for nothing . " 66 No , " I said ; neither from your heart nor from your con- science- -nor from your gratitude . Gratitude from you ! As if it were not I that owe you gratitude for having condescended to stand ...
... señor . And you — you ask for nothing . " 66 No , " I said ; neither from your heart nor from your con- science- -nor from your gratitude . Gratitude from you ! As if it were not I that owe you gratitude for having condescended to stand ...
Page 166
A Novel Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford. Castro , " " at vividly the cockroach he had impaled with such accuracy on. on his hands and knees , startled me by whispering my feet : " Stand aside , señor.
A Novel Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford. Castro , " " at vividly the cockroach he had impaled with such accuracy on. on his hands and knees , startled me by whispering my feet : " Stand aside , señor.
Page 203
... señor would soon have none but dead friends if he refrained from striking at his enemies . Had the senor taken the very excellent opportunity afforded by Providence , and that any sane Christian man would have taken to let him stab the ...
... señor would soon have none but dead friends if he refrained from striking at his enemies . Had the senor taken the very excellent opportunity afforded by Providence , and that any sane Christian man would have taken to let him stab the ...
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admiral answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark David Macdonald dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareños Macdonald Manuel matter murmured never Nichols night Nikola O'Brien once pirates pistol Ramon Rangsley ravine remember Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail schooner Sebright seemed seen señor señorita Seraphina shadow ship shoulders shouted side sight silence smile sort soul sound Spanish stood suddenly talk tell thing thought throat Tomas Castro turned uncle voice waiting walked wall whispered Williams woman words
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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...