Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 86
... by thumping a bell vigorously . Of course a Chinaman appeared promptly . Davidson ordered a drink and sat tight . " I would have ordered twenty drinks one after another , if necessary , " he said - Davidson's 86 VICTORY . VII ...
... by thumping a bell vigorously . Of course a Chinaman appeared promptly . Davidson ordered a drink and sat tight . " I would have ordered twenty drinks one after another , if necessary , " he said - Davidson's 86 VICTORY . VII ...
Page 113
... appeared for that very reason attractive . She was afraid of the hotel - keeper , who , in the daytime , taking advantage of the fact that she lived in the hotel itself , and not in the Pavilion with the other " artists , " prowled ...
... appeared for that very reason attractive . She was afraid of the hotel - keeper , who , in the daytime , taking advantage of the fact that she lived in the hotel itself , and not in the Pavilion with the other " artists , " prowled ...
Page 129
... appearance having changed during the night . What he saw in the glass , however , was the man he knew before . It was almost a disappoint- ment — a belittling of his recent experience . And then he smiled at his naïveness ; for , being ...
... appearance having changed during the night . What he saw in the glass , however , was the man he knew before . It was almost a disappoint- ment — a belittling of his recent experience . And then he smiled at his naïveness ; for , being ...
Page 142
... appearance of his shaggy , hair - smothered humanity . He , too , seemed to be a follower of the clean - shaven man , and apparently had travelled on deck with native passengers , sleeping under the awnings . His broad , squat frame ...
... appearance of his shaggy , hair - smothered humanity . He , too , seemed to be a follower of the clean - shaven man , and apparently had travelled on deck with native passengers , sleeping under the awnings . His broad , squat frame ...
Page 149
... unattractive object in existence - miserable , insigni- ficant , faded , crushed , old . And the contrast with the feminine form he had ever in his mind's eye made his wife's appearance painful to his esthetic sense . VICTORY . 149 V ...
... unattractive object in existence - miserable , insigni- ficant , faded , crushed , old . And the contrast with the feminine form he had ever in his mind's eye made his wife's appearance painful to his esthetic sense . VICTORY . 149 V ...
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