Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 132
... clear - sighted who lead the world . Great achievements are accom- plished in a blessed , warm mental fog , which the pitiless cold blasts of the father's analysis had blown away from the son . " I'll drift , " Heyst had said to himself ...
... clear - sighted who lead the world . Great achievements are accom- plished in a blessed , warm mental fog , which the pitiless cold blasts of the father's analysis had blown away from the son . " I'll drift , " Heyst had said to himself ...
Page 140
... clearly , even as Heyst was , but not alone and of quite another kind . Schomberg , looking up from the stern - sheets of his steam - launch , which he used for boarding pas- senger ships on arrival , discovered a dark , sunken stare ...
... clearly , even as Heyst was , but not alone and of quite another kind . Schomberg , looking up from the stern - sheets of his steam - launch , which he used for boarding pas- senger ships on arrival , discovered a dark , sunken stare ...
Page 143
... clear it by a touch of the helm . The other passenger made himself heard suddenly . " Hang these native craft ! They always get in the way . " He was a muscular , short man with eyes that gleamed and blinked , a harsh voice , and a ...
... clear it by a touch of the helm . The other passenger made himself heard suddenly . " Hang these native craft ! They always get in the way . " He was a muscular , short man with eyes that gleamed and blinked , a harsh voice , and a ...
Page 184
... clear out from home quietly . It's a pretty expensive way of getting a passage across , but it has served my turn . ' " I let him know very soon that I was game for anything , from pitch and toss to wilful murder , in his company ...
... clear out from home quietly . It's a pretty expensive way of getting a passage across , but it has served my turn . ' " I let him know very soon that I was game for anything , from pitch and toss to wilful murder , in his company ...
Page 185
... clear of the schooner . He laughs a little and says that I didn't see all the bearings of this business . " Mind , he says , ' don't let him leave you till you see me come up again . ' He puts his eyes close to mine . ' Keep him with ...
... clear of the schooner . He laughs a little and says that I didn't see all the bearings of this business . " Mind , he says , ' don't let him leave you till you see me come up again . ' He puts his eyes close to mine . ' Keep him with ...
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