Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1923 - 541 pages |
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Page 60
... clear our seas . . . . Let it hang El Demonio . The Government had sent out one of Nelson's old captains , Admiral Rowley , a good fighting man ; but when it came to clearing the Gulf of Mexico , he was about as useless as a prize ...
... clear our seas . . . . Let it hang El Demonio . The Government had sent out one of Nelson's old captains , Admiral Rowley , a good fighting man ; but when it came to clearing the Gulf of Mexico , he was about as useless as a prize ...
Page 82
... a moment she looked up candidly into my eyes , and placed her finger on her lips , motioning her head towards her father . She placed her hand in mine , and whispered very clearly : " Be welcome , my English cousin , " and 82.
... a moment she looked up candidly into my eyes , and placed her finger on her lips , motioning her head towards her father . She placed her hand in mine , and whispered very clearly : " Be welcome , my English cousin , " and 82.
Page 91
... clear . I was mystified to the point of forgetting how heavily I was compromised even in Jamaica , though it was worth remembering , because at that time an indictment for rebellion - under the Black Act - was no joking matter . I might ...
... clear . I was mystified to the point of forgetting how heavily I was compromised even in Jamaica , though it was worth remembering , because at that time an indictment for rebellion - under the Black Act - was no joking matter . I might ...
Page 116
... clear yourself . ' He was beginning to recover his military bearing . " Oh ! don't be absurd , " I said . · One of the Spaniards came up to me and whispered , " You must come now . We are going to cast off . " At the same time Tomas ...
... clear yourself . ' He was beginning to recover his military bearing . " Oh ! don't be absurd , " I said . · One of the Spaniards came up to me and whispered , " You must come now . We are going to cast off . " At the same time Tomas ...
Page 131
... clear eyes . " My friend , ” he said , " if I told you that Rooksby and your greatest Kent earls carried smugglers ' tubs , you would say I was an ignorant fool . Yet they , too , are magistrates . The only use I have ever made of these ...
... clear eyes . " My friend , ” he said , " if I told you that Rooksby and your greatest Kent earls carried smugglers ' tubs , you would say I was an ignorant fool . Yet they , too , are magistrates . The only use I have ever made of these ...
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