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“ Why are you looking so serious ? " he pursued , and immediately thought that habitual seriousness , in the long run , was much more bearable than constant gaiety . “ However , this expression suits you exceedingly , ” he added ...
“ Why are you looking so serious ? " he pursued , and immediately thought that habitual seriousness , in the long run , was much more bearable than constant gaiety . “ However , this expression suits you exceedingly , ” he added ...
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Well , one morning — I wonder if he had gone down on his knees to pray that night ! —one morning I gave in . ” I Heyst tugged violently at a tuft of dried grass , and cast it In past " I gave in , " he repeated . Looking.
Well , one morning — I wonder if he had gone down on his knees to pray that night ! —one morning I gave in . ” I Heyst tugged violently at a tuft of dried grass , and cast it In past " I gave in , " he repeated . Looking.
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Looking toward him with a movement of her eyes only , the girl noticed the strong feeling on his face with that intense interest which his person awakened in her mind and in her heart . But it soon passed away , leaving only a moody ...
Looking toward him with a movement of her eyes only , the girl noticed the strong feeling on his face with that intense interest which his person awakened in her mind and in her heart . But it soon passed away , leaving only a moody ...
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“ But why are you looking so hard at me ? Oh , I don't object , and I shall try not to flinch . Your eyes— " He was looking straight into them , and as a matter of fact had forgotten all about the late Morrison at that moment .
“ But why are you looking so hard at me ? Oh , I don't object , and I shall try not to flinch . Your eyes— " He was looking straight into them , and as a matter of fact had forgotten all about the late Morrison at that moment .
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She sighed , looked up with her pale , candid gaze and a timid expression of her face , and murmured : “ You don't seem to want to know what he was saying . ” “ About poor Morrison ? It couldn't have been anything bad , for the poor ...
She sighed , looked up with her pale , candid gaze and a timid expression of her face , and murmured : “ You don't seem to want to know what he was saying . ” “ About poor Morrison ? It couldn't have been anything bad , for the poor ...
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| Title | Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2 Standard collection of British and American authors Victory: An Island Tale, Joseph Conrad |
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
| Publisher | Louis Conard, 1916 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 31 Jan 2019 |
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