Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page & Company, 1903 - 541 pages |
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... knew nothing whatever of that great world . I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury school , to Hythe market , to Romney market . Our farm nestled down under the steep , brown downs , just beside the Roman ...
... knew nothing whatever of that great world . I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury school , to Hythe market , to Romney market . Our farm nestled down under the steep , brown downs , just beside the Roman ...
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... knew enough herself — all the resident gentry did . But Ralph - though he was to some extent of the new school , and used to boast that , if applied to , he would grant a warrant against any Free Trader - never did , as a matter of fact ...
... knew enough herself — all the resident gentry did . But Ralph - though he was to some extent of the new school , and used to boast that , if applied to , he would grant a warrant against any Free Trader - never did , as a matter of fact ...
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... knew well enough , both of us . They were coming in force from Canterbury way down to the Marsh . It had cost Ralph a pretty penny ; but , once in the hands of the smugglers , his cousin and Castro would be safe enough from the runners ...
... knew well enough , both of us . They were coming in force from Canterbury way down to the Marsh . It had cost Ralph a pretty penny ; but , once in the hands of the smugglers , his cousin and Castro would be safe enough from the runners ...
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... wait much longer . Hark to that ! ” The approaching horses had turned off the turf on to the hard road ; the steps of first one and then another sounded out down the silent hill . I knew it THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH 15.
... wait much longer . Hark to that ! ” The approaching horses had turned off the turf on to the hard road ; the steps of first one and then another sounded out down the silent hill . I knew it THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH 15.
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A Novel Joseph Conrad. sounded out down the silent hill . I knew it was the Free Traders from that ; for except between banks they kept to the soft roadsides as if it were an article of faith . The noise of hoofs became that of an army ...
A Novel Joseph Conrad. sounded out down the silent hill . I knew it was the Free Traders from that ; for except between banks they kept to the soft roadsides as if it were an article of faith . The noise of hoofs became that of an army ...
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admiral Alguazil answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt glance gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart honour immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew lanthorn laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareños Macdonald Manuel matter murder murmured never Nichols night O'Brien once pirates Ramon Rangsley ravine Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail saturnine 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 walked wall whispered Williams woman words
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Page 53 - He will get us murdered," he said. "Do you think we are safe here? If these people here heard that name they wouldn't wait to ask who your worship is. They would tear us to pieces in an instant. I tell you — moi, Tomas Castro — he will ruin us, this white fool " Carlos began to cough, shaken speechless as if by an invisible devil. Castro's eyes ran furtively all round him, then he looked at me. He made an extraordinary swift motion with his right hand, and I saw that he was facing me with a long...
Page 6 - ... from the hand whose delicate blueveined, wrinkled wrist ran back into a foam of lawn ruffles. The other hand paused in the act of conveying a pinch of snuff to the nostrils of the hooked nose that had, on the skin stretched tight over the bridge, the polish of old ivory; the elbow pressing the black cocked hat against the side; the legs, one bent, the other bowing a little back — this was the attitude of Seraphina's father. Having imperiously thrust the door of the inner room open, he remained...