Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 7
... chairs , and he was always placing and displacing them in various combinations . But they were always the same chairs . He was extremely easy to live with ; but then he got hold of this coal idea - or , rather , the idea got hold of him ...
... chairs , and he was always placing and displacing them in various combinations . But they were always the same chairs . He was extremely easy to live with ; but then he got hold of this coal idea - or , rather , the idea got hold of him ...
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... chair , and raised the book to his eyes with both hands . It was one of his father's . He opened it haphazard , and his eyes fell on the middle of the page . The elder Heyst had written of everything in many books - of space and of time ...
... chair , and raised the book to his eyes with both hands . It was one of his father's . He opened it haphazard , and his eyes fell on the middle of the page . The elder Heyst had written of everything in many books - of space and of time ...
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... chair - it was the one she always used - and looked as if her strength had suddenly gone from her , leaving her only her youth , which seemed very pathetic , very much at his mercy . He moved quickly toward the chair . “ Tired , are you ...
... chair - it was the one she always used - and looked as if her strength had suddenly gone from her , leaving her only her youth , which seemed very pathetic , very much at his mercy . He moved quickly toward the chair . “ Tired , are you ...
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... chair in graceful quietude , was to him like a script in an unknown language , or even more simply mysterious : like any writing to the illiterate . As far as women went he was altogether uninstructed and he had not the gift of ...
... chair in graceful quietude , was to him like a script in an unknown language , or even more simply mysterious : like any writing to the illiterate . As far as women went he was altogether uninstructed and he had not the gift of ...
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... chair into a sudden and close embrace . Her alacrity to respond , which made her seem as light as a feather , warmed his heart at that moment more than closer caresses had done before . He had not expected that ready impulse toward ...
... chair into a sudden and close embrace . Her alacrity to respond , which made her seem as light as a feather , warmed his heart at that moment more than closer caresses had done before . He had not expected that ready impulse toward ...
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