Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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... moments of doubt that will come to a man determined to remain free from absurdities of ex- istence , I often asked myself , with a momentary dread , in what way would life try to get hold of me ? And this was the way ! He got it into ...
... moments of doubt that will come to a man determined to remain free from absurdities of ex- istence , I often asked myself , with a momentary dread , in what way would life try to get hold of me ? And this was the way ! He got it into ...
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... moment . " No , " he exclaimed suddenly . " What an im- penetrable girl you are , Lena , with those grey eyes of yours ! Windows of the soul , as some poet has said . The fellow must have been a glazier by vocation . Well , nature has ...
... moment . " No , " he exclaimed suddenly . " What an im- penetrable girl you are , Lena , with those grey eyes of yours ! Windows of the soul , as some poet has said . The fellow must have been a glazier by vocation . Well , nature has ...
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... moment he was as much surprised as if he had be- lieved himself to be a mere gliding shadow among men . Besides , he had in him a half - unconscious notion that he was above the level of island gossip . " But you said first that it was ...
... moment he was as much surprised as if he had be- lieved himself to be a mere gliding shadow among men . Besides , he had in him a half - unconscious notion that he was above the level of island gossip . " But you said first that it was ...
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... moment of perfect silence . " I didn't know it had anything to do with you . Schomberg was talking of some Swede . How was I to know ? It was only when you began telling me about how you came here— ” " And now you have my version ...
... moment of perfect silence . " I didn't know it had anything to do with you . Schomberg was talking of some Swede . How was I to know ? It was only when you began telling me about how you came here— ” " And now you have my version ...
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... moment since she first set eyes on him . He laughed scornfully . " What am I thinking of ? " he cried . " As if it could matter to me what anybody had ever said or believed , from the beginning of the world till the crack of doom ...
... moment since she first set eyes on him . He laughed scornfully . " What am I thinking of ? " he cried . " As if it could matter to me what anybody had ever said or believed , from the beginning of the world till the crack of doom ...
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