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Page 8
... strange if he had ; and all these debts entered in the pocketbook weren't good enough to raise a millrei on - let alone a shilling . The Portuguese officials begged him not to distress himself . They gave him a week's grace , and then ...
... strange if he had ; and all these debts entered in the pocketbook weren't good enough to raise a millrei on - let alone a shilling . The Portuguese officials begged him not to distress himself . They gave him a week's grace , and then ...
Page 16
... strange country . " In truth , he pined after the Capricorn - I don't mean only the tropic ; I mean the ship too . Finally he went into Dorsetshire to see his people , caught a bad cold , and died with extraordinary precipitation in the ...
... strange country . " In truth , he pined after the Capricorn - I don't mean only the tropic ; I mean the ship too . Finally he went into Dorsetshire to see his people , caught a bad cold , and died with extraordinary precipitation in the ...
Page 22
... strange , because generally a Chinaman , as he grows in prosperity , puts on inches of girth and stature . To serve a Chinese firm is not so bad . Once they become convinced you deal straight by them , their confidence becomes unlimited ...
... strange , because generally a Chinaman , as he grows in prosperity , puts on inches of girth and stature . To serve a Chinese firm is not so bad . Once they become convinced you deal straight by them , their confidence becomes unlimited ...
Page 33
... strange man to such a spot . Heyst had , no doubt , told her the truth , He was a gentleman . But no words could do justice to the con- ditions of life on Samburan . A desert island was nothing to it . Moreover , when you were cast away ...
... strange man to such a spot . Heyst had , no doubt , told her the truth , He was a gentleman . But no words could do justice to the con- ditions of life on Samburan . A desert island was nothing to it . Moreover , when you were cast away ...
Page 39
... strange in- vasion , and wanted to know who were the two offensive lunatics in a steam - launch , apparently after a man and a girl , and telling a story of which one could make neither head nor tail . Their reception by the roadstead ...
... strange in- vasion , and wanted to know who were the two offensive lunatics in a steam - launch , apparently after a man and a girl , and telling a story of which one could make neither head nor tail . Their reception by the roadstead ...
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