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... Pedro , Heyst , the man of universal detachment , loses his mental self - possession , that fine attitude before the universally irremediable which wears the name of stoicism . It is all a matter of proportion . There should have been a ...
... Pedro , Heyst , the man of universal detachment , loses his mental self - possession , that fine attitude before the universally irremediable which wears the name of stoicism . It is all a matter of proportion . There should have been a ...
Page xiv
... Pedro was much shorter and my observation of him was less complete but incomparably more anxious . It ended in a sudden in- spiration to get out of his way . It was in a hovel of sticks and mats by the side of a path . As I went in ...
... Pedro was much shorter and my observation of him was less complete but incomparably more anxious . It ended in a sudden in- spiration to get out of his way . It was in a hovel of sticks and mats by the side of a path . As I went in ...
Page xv
... Pedro never . The impression was less vivid . I got away from him too quickly . 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 ...
... Pedro never . The impression was less vivid . I got away from him too quickly . 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 ...
Page 103
... Pedro - I don't know that he ever had any other name . Pedro , alligator - hunter . Oh , yes I'll pay his board with the half - caste . Can't help myself . He's so confoundedly devoted to me that if I were to give him the sack he would ...
... Pedro - I don't know that he ever had any other name . Pedro , alligator - hunter . Oh , yes I'll pay his board with the half - caste . Can't help myself . He's so confoundedly devoted to me that if I were to give him the sack he would ...
Page 115
... Pedro here every evening . He isn't the con- ventional waiter's cut , but he will do to run to and fro with the tray , while you sit here from nine to eleven serving out drinks and gathering the money . " " " There will be three of them ...
... Pedro here every evening . He isn't the con- ventional waiter's cut , but he will do to run to and fro with the tray , while you sit here from nine to eleven serving out drinks and gathering the money . " " " There will be three of them ...
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