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... close chemical relation between coal and diamonds . It is the reason , I believe , why some people allude to coal as ' black diamonds . ' Both these commo- dities represent wealth ; but coal is a much less portable form of property ...
... close chemical relation between coal and diamonds . It is the reason , I believe , why some people allude to coal as ' black diamonds . ' Both these commo- dities represent wealth ; but coal is a much less portable form of property ...
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... that too disappeared , as if it had sunk into the living depths of the tropical vegetation , which is more jealous of men's conquests than the ocean , and which was about to close over the last vestiges of the VICTORY 21 717.
... that too disappeared , as if it had sunk into the living depths of the tropical vegetation , which is more jealous of men's conquests than the ocean , and which was about to close over the last vestiges of the VICTORY 21 717.
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An Island Tale Joseph Conrad. was about to close over the last vestiges of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal Company - A . Heyst , manager in the East . Davidson , a good , simple fellow in his way , was strangely affected . It is to be ...
An Island Tale Joseph Conrad. was about to close over the last vestiges of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal Company - A . Heyst , manager in the East . Davidson , a good , simple fellow in his way , was strangely affected . It is to be ...
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... close to Davidson's . " My cash - box ! My - he - look here , Captain David- son ! He ran off with a girl . What do I care for the girl ? The girl is nothing to me . " He shot out an infamous word which made Davidson start . That's what ...
... close to Davidson's . " My cash - box ! My - he - look here , Captain David- son ! He ran off with a girl . What do I care for the girl ? The girl is nothing to me . " He shot out an infamous word which made Davidson start . That's what ...
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... close inshore , stopped his engines , and lowered a boat . He went himself in that boat , which was manned , of course , by his Malay seamen . Heyst , when he saw the boat pulling toward him , dropped his signalling - pole ; and when ...
... close inshore , stopped his engines , and lowered a boat . He went himself in that boat , which was manned , of course , by his Malay seamen . Heyst , when he saw the boat pulling toward him , dropped his signalling - pole ; and when ...
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