Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 18
... light tone : " Nothing less . And it isn't because I think little of what I've got already . Oh , no ! It is because I think so much of this possession of mine that I can't have it complete enough . I know it's un- reasonable . You can ...
... light tone : " Nothing less . And it isn't because I think little of what I've got already . Oh , no ! It is because I think so much of this possession of mine that I can't have it complete enough . I know it's un- reasonable . You can ...
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... abyss of emptiness , the liquid , undulating glare , the tragic brutality of the light , made her long for the friendly night , with its stars stilled by an austere spell ; for the velvety dark sky and the 26 VICTORY . V ...
... abyss of emptiness , the liquid , undulating glare , the tragic brutality of the light , made her long for the friendly night , with its stars stilled by an austere spell ; for the velvety dark sky and the 26 VICTORY . V ...
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... light , in which the black stumps of trees stood charred , without shadows , miserable and sinister . They crossed the open for the bungalow . On the veranda they fancied they had a glimpse of a vanishing Wang , though the girl was not ...
... light , in which the black stumps of trees stood charred , without shadows , miserable and sinister . They crossed the open for the bungalow . On the veranda they fancied they had a glimpse of a vanishing Wang , though the girl was not ...
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... 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 himself which had been dormant . in her passive attitude . ( He had just felt the clasp of ...
... 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 himself which had been dormant . in her passive attitude . ( He had just felt the clasp of ...
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... light winds and strong currents of the Java Sea had drifted the boat about until they partly lost their bearings ; and that by some extraordinary mistake one of the two jars put into the boat by Schomberg's man contained salt water ...
... light winds and strong currents of the Java Sea had drifted the boat about until they partly lost their bearings ; and that by some extraordinary mistake one of the two jars put into the boat by Schomberg's man contained salt water ...
Common terms and phrases
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