Victory, an Island TaleClassic Books Company, 1929 - 396 pages |
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Page xiii
... he kept one ear turned to the cuddy in the manner of a devoted servant , but I had the idea that in some way or other he had imposed the connection on the invalid for some end of his own . The reader therefore won't AUTHOR'S NOTE xiii.
... he kept one ear turned to the cuddy in the manner of a devoted servant , but I had the idea that in some way or other he had imposed the connection on the invalid for some end of his own . The reader therefore won't AUTHOR'S NOTE xiii.
Page 6
... manner , it was persuasive , or at any rate silencing for a time , at least . Nobody cared to argue with him when he talked in this strain . His earnestness could do no harm to anybody . There was no danger of any one taking seriously ...
... manner , it was persuasive , or at any rate silencing for a time , at least . Nobody cared to argue with him when he talked in this strain . His earnestness could do no harm to anybody . There was no danger of any one taking seriously ...
Page 12
... manner of a prince addressing another prince on a private occasion : " What an unexpected pleasure . Would you have any objection to drink something with me in that in- famous wine - shop over there ? The sun is really too strong to ...
... manner of a prince addressing another prince on a private occasion : " What an unexpected pleasure . Would you have any objection to drink something with me in that in- famous wine - shop over there ? The sun is really too strong to ...
Page 13
... manner of his . Polite attention , what's due from one gentleman listen- ing to another , was what he showed ; and , as usual , it was catching ; so that Morrison pulled himself together and finished his narrative in a conversational ...
... manner of his . Polite attention , what's due from one gentleman listen- ing to another , was what he showed ; and , as usual , it was catching ; so that Morrison pulled himself together and finished his narrative in a conversational ...
Page 18
... manner , and he felt acutely his defect . Consummate politeness is not the right tonic for an emotional collapse . They must have had , both of them , a fairly painful time of it in the cabin of the brig . In the end Morrison , casting ...
... manner , and he felt acutely his defect . Consummate politeness is not the right tonic for an emotional collapse . They must have had , both of them , a fairly painful time of it in the cabin of the brig . In the end Morrison , casting ...
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.