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Page 106
... not sure where it was - off the Colombian coast or thereabouts . We were to start digging the next morning , and all hands had turned in early , expecting a hard day with the shovels . Up he comes , and in his quiet , tired way 106 VICTORY.
... not sure where it was - off the Colombian coast or thereabouts . We were to start digging the next morning , and all hands had turned in early , expecting a hard day with the shovels . Up he comes , and in his quiet , tired way 106 VICTORY.
Page 116
... expect ; always scraping the fat off them alligators ' hides-- " " Look here , " exclaimed Schomberg violently , as if trying to burst some invisible bonds , “ do you mean to say that all this happened ? " " No , " said Ricardo coolly ...
... expect ; always scraping the fat off them alligators ' hides-- " " Look here , " exclaimed Schomberg violently , as if trying to burst some invisible bonds , “ do you mean to say that all this happened ? " " No , " said Ricardo coolly ...
Page 119
... expect to buy revolver cartridges . " Anyhow , ' I tells him , he wants to be killed some way or other , as a favour . ' " And then I go on setting the boat's mast . I didn't care much for the notion of butchering a man bound hand and ...
... expect to buy revolver cartridges . " Anyhow , ' I tells him , he wants to be killed some way or other , as a favour . ' " And then I go on setting the boat's mast . I didn't care much for the notion of butchering a man bound hand and ...
Page 120
... expect you to be grateful . It's worse than slavery . You don't expect a slave that's bought for money to be grateful . And if you sell your work - what is it but selling your own self ? You've got so many days to live and you sell them ...
... expect you to be grateful . It's worse than slavery . You don't expect a slave that's bought for money to be grateful . And if you sell your work - what is it but selling your own self ? You've got so many days to live and you sell them ...
Page 121
... expect you to say , ' thank you ' before you pick it up . ” He mumbled some curses , directed at employers gener- ally , as it seemed , then blazed out : " Work be damned ! I ain't a dog walking on its hind legs for a bone ; I am a man ...
... expect you to say , ' thank you ' before you pick it up . ” He mumbled some curses , directed at employers gener- ally , as it seemed , then blazed out : " Work be damned ! I ain't a dog walking on its hind legs for a bone ; I am a man ...
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