Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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Page 113
... floor of costly wood , the bare white- ness of walls wainscoted with marble , the vastness of the room , the imposing forms of furniture , carved heavily in ebony , impressed me with a sense of secular and austere magnificence . For cen ...
... floor of costly wood , the bare white- ness of walls wainscoted with marble , the vastness of the room , the imposing forms of furniture , carved heavily in ebony , impressed me with a sense of secular and austere magnificence . For cen ...
Page 125
... floor and cooked his food at an outside fire - his puchero and tortillas and rolled for him his provision of cigarettes for the day . Every morning he marched up to the Casa , like a courtier , to attend on his king . I never saw him ...
... floor and cooked his food at an outside fire - his puchero and tortillas and rolled for him his provision of cigarettes for the day . Every morning he marched up to the Casa , like a courtier , to attend on his king . I never saw him ...
Page 127
... floor with his gold - headed cane , would exclaim , in a quavering voice , that he , alone , had made him , had raised him up from the dust , and could abase him to the dust again . He would instantly go to Havana ; orders would be ...
... floor with his gold - headed cane , would exclaim , in a quavering voice , that he , alone , had made him , had raised him up from the dust , and could abase him to the dust again . He would instantly go to Havana ; orders would be ...
Page 138
... floor . That night he came in silently , and , after shutting the door with care , took his habitual seat , a broad wooden armchair . " " How did your reverence leave Don Carlos ? " I asked . " Very low , " he said . " The disease is ...
... floor . That night he came in silently , and , after shutting the door with care , took his habitual seat , a broad wooden armchair . " " How did your reverence leave Don Carlos ? " I asked . " Very low , " he said . " The disease is ...
Page 142
... floor , that reflected the lights like a sheet of water , or rather like ice . I felt it slippery under my feet . I , alone , had to move , in this great chamber , with its festive patches of color amongst the funereal shadows , with ...
... floor , that reflected the lights like a sheet of water , or rather like ice . I felt it slippery under my feet . I , alone , had to move , in this great chamber , with its festive patches of color amongst the funereal shadows , with ...
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