Victory, an Island TaleClassic Books Company, 1929 - 396 pages |
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Page vii
... " The second point on which I wish to offer a remark is the existence ( in the novel ) of a person named Schom- berg . That I believe him to be true goes without saying . I viii NOTE TO THE FIRST EDITION am not likely to vii.
... " The second point on which I wish to offer a remark is the existence ( in the novel ) of a person named Schom- berg . That I believe him to be true goes without saying . I viii NOTE TO THE FIRST EDITION am not likely to vii.
Page xii
... believe he went straight on board a mail - boat which left within the hour for other ports of call in the direction of Aspinall . Mr. Jones ' characteristic insolence belongs to another man of a quite different type . I will say nothing ...
... believe he went straight on board a mail - boat which left within the hour for other ports of call in the direction of Aspinall . Mr. Jones ' characteristic insolence belongs to another man of a quite different type . I will say nothing ...
Page 3
... believe , why some people allude to coal as " black diamonds . " Both these com- modities represent wealth ; but coal is a much less port- able form of property . There is , from that point of view , a deplorable lack of concentration ...
... believe , why some people allude to coal as " black diamonds . " Both these com- modities represent wealth ; but coal is a much less port- able form of property . There is , from that point of view , a deplorable lack of concentration ...
Page 5
... believe , not voluntary . There was nothing forcible in the process , however . It was slow ; and while the liquidation — in London and Amster- dam — pursued its languid course , Axel Heyst , styled in the prospectus " manager in the ...
... believe , not voluntary . There was nothing forcible in the process , however . It was slow ; and while the liquidation — in London and Amster- dam — pursued its languid course , Axel Heyst , styled in the prospectus " manager in the ...
Page 14
... , of course . I believe in children praying — well , women , too , but I rather think God expects men to be more self - reliant . I don't hold with a man everlastingly bothering the Almighty with his silly troubles 14 VICTORY.
... , of course . I believe in children praying — well , women , too , but I rather think God expects men to be more self - reliant . I don't hold with a man everlastingly bothering the Almighty with his silly troubles 14 VICTORY.
Contents
Section 21 | 224 |
Section 22 | 233 |
Section 23 | 245 |
Section 24 | 250 |
Section 25 | 260 |
Section 26 | 281 |
Section 27 | 290 |
Section 28 | 299 |
Section 9 | 77 |
Section 10 | 91 |
Section 11 | 98 |
Section 12 | 105 |
Section 13 | 118 |
Section 14 | 135 |
Section 15 | 153 |
Section 16 | 173 |
Section 17 | 182 |
Section 18 | 185 |
Section 19 | 201 |
Section 20 | 216 |
Section 29 | 306 |
Section 30 | 314 |
Section 31 | 332 |
Section 32 | 338 |
Section 33 | 343 |
Section 34 | 356 |
Section 35 | 368 |
Section 36 | 376 |
Section 37 | 394 |
Section 38 | 403 |
Section 39 | 408 |
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Page xv - It seems to me but natural that those three buried in a corner of my memory should suddenly get out into the light of the world — so natural that I offer no excuse for their existence.