Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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... fell into dust within him , like a crazy structure , leaving behind emptiness , desolation , regret . His resentment was not against the girl , but against life itself — that commonest of snares , in which he felt himself caught ...
... fell into dust within him , like a crazy structure , leaving behind emptiness , desolation , regret . His resentment was not against the girl , but against life itself — that commonest of snares , in which he felt himself caught ...
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... fell on the middle of the page . The elder Heyst had written of everything in many books - of space and of time , of animals and of stars ; analysing ideas and actions , the laughter and the frowns of men , and the grimaces of their ...
... fell on the middle of the page . The elder Heyst had written of everything in many books - of space and of time , of animals and of stars ; analysing ideas and actions , the laughter and the frowns of men , and the grimaces of their ...
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... fell on the thin back of a man doubled up over the tiller in a queer , uncomfortable attitude of drooping sorrow . Another man , more directly below Heyst , sprawled on his back from gunwale to gunwale , half off the after thwart , his ...
... fell on the thin back of a man doubled up over the tiller in a queer , uncomfortable attitude of drooping sorrow . Another man , more directly below Heyst , sprawled on his back from gunwale to gunwale , half off the after thwart , his ...
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... fell upon the folded legs of the man at the tiller , who , roused by the commotion in the boat , was sitting up , silent , rigid , and very much like a corpse . His eyes were but two black patches , and his teeth glistened with a ...
... fell upon the folded legs of the man at the tiller , who , roused by the commotion in the boat , was sitting up , silent , rigid , and very much like a corpse . His eyes were but two black patches , and his teeth glistened with a ...
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... ! We fetched in here with the very last of our strength , and no mistake . Another mile would have done for us . When I heard your footsteps above , I tried to get up , and I fell down . " " That was the first sound I heard , " VICTORY .
... ! We fetched in here with the very last of our strength , and no mistake . Another mile would have done for us . When I heard your footsteps above , I tried to get up , and I fell down . " " That was the first sound I heard , " VICTORY .
Common terms and phrases
arms asked believe boat breast breath bungalow cardo chair cheroot Chinaman Chink clairvoyance cried crowbar curtain dark Davidson dead door doorway doubt dream eyes face faint feeling feet fellow felt forest frightened gentleman girl glance gleam gone governor gunwale hand HARVARD COLLEGE head hear heard henchman Heyst looked ISLAND TALE jetty Jones knees knew laugh leaned Lena light lips Malay Martin matter mean mind Morrison moustaches moved movement murmured never night Number once paused Pedro perhaps quiet raised revolver Ricardo round Samburan sandalwood sarong Schomberg secretary seemed shadow shoulders side sight silence smile sort sound speak staring startled steps stir strange suddenly surprised swag talk tell There's thing thought throat told tone tremely turned understand veranda Victory voice volcano volver wait Wang Wang's watched wharf What's whispered woman wonder words