Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 37
... don't mean only the tropic ; I mean the ship too . Finally he went into Dorsetshire to see his people , caught a bad cold , and died with extraordinary precipitation in the bosom of his appalled family . Whether his exertions in the ...
... don't mean only the tropic ; I mean the ship too . Finally he went into Dorsetshire to see his people , caught a bad cold , and died with extraordinary precipitation in the bosom of his appalled family . Whether his exertions in the ...
Page 49
... were any letters for him at the Tesmans . I don't know . No one knows . But this reappearance shows that his detachment from the world was not complete . Victory . 4 And incompleteness of any sort leads to trouble . Axel VICTORY . 49.
... were any letters for him at the Tesmans . I don't know . No one knows . But this reappearance shows that his detachment from the world was not complete . Victory . 4 And incompleteness of any sort leads to trouble . Axel VICTORY . 49.
Page 52
... don't you think ? " He For the rest , Heyst was as polite as ever . offered to pay for his passage ; but when Davidson refused to hear of it he seized him heartily by the hand , gave one of his courtly bows , and declared that he was ...
... don't you think ? " He For the rest , Heyst was as polite as ever . offered to pay for his passage ; but when Davidson refused to hear of it he seized him heartily by the hand , gave one of his courtly bows , and declared that he was ...
Page 58
... Don't you bother . He doesn't care about that now . " " Doesn't he ? " " Well , you can judge for yourself . He isn't here , is he ? -You take my word for it . Don't you bother about him . I am advising you as a friend . " " Thank you ...
... Don't you bother . He doesn't care about that now . " " Doesn't he ? " " Well , you can judge for yourself . He isn't here , is he ? -You take my word for it . Don't you bother about him . I am advising you as a friend . " " Thank you ...
Page 68
... don't know . She was miserable . I don't suppose it was more than a little linen and a couple of these white frocks they wear on the platform . " No Davidson pursued his own train of thought . He supposed that such a thing had never ...
... don't know . She was miserable . I don't suppose it was more than a little linen and a couple of these white frocks they wear on the platform . " No Davidson pursued his own train of thought . He supposed that such a thing had never ...
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