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... Island of St. Thomas in the West Indies ( in the year '75 ) where we found him one hot afternoon extended on three chairs , all alone in the loud buzzing of flies to which his immobility and his cadaverous aspect gave a most gruesome ...
... Island of St. Thomas in the West Indies ( in the year '75 ) where we found him one hot afternoon extended on three chairs , all alone in the loud buzzing of flies to which his immobility and his cadaverous aspect gave a most gruesome ...
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... island . An island is but the top of a mountain . Axel Heyst , perched on it immovably , was surrounded , instead of the impon- derable stormy and transparent ocean of air merging into infinity , by a tepid , shallow sea ; a passionless ...
... island . An island is but the top of a mountain . Axel Heyst , perched on it immovably , was surrounded , instead of the impon- derable stormy and transparent ocean of air merging into infinity , by a tepid , shallow sea ; a passionless ...
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... Island " of the charts - was daz- zling ; and in the flood of cold light Heyst could see his immediate surroundings ... islands and exploit them locally . And , Lord knows , there were any amount of outcrops . It was Heyst who had ...
... Island " of the charts - was daz- zling ; and in the flood of cold light Heyst could see his immediate surroundings ... islands and exploit them locally . And , Lord knows , there were any amount of outcrops . It was Heyst who had ...
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... islands talking of a " great stride forward for these regions . " The convinced wave of the hand which accompanied the phrase suggested tropical distances being impelled onward . In connection with the fin- ished courtesy of his manner ...
... islands talking of a " great stride forward for these regions . " The convinced wave of the hand which accompanied the phrase suggested tropical distances being impelled onward . In connection with the fin- ished courtesy of his manner ...
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... islands as pleasant as possible , and that they were ready to assist him in his plans , and so on , and after receiving Heyst's thanks - you know the usual kind of conversation - he proceeded to query in a slow , paternal tone : " And ...
... islands as pleasant as possible , and that they were ready to assist him in his plans , and so on , and after receiving Heyst's thanks - you know the usual kind of conversation - he proceeded to query in a slow , paternal tone : " And ...
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