Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1923 - 541 pages |
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Page 5
... The alternative would have been a shabby , ignominious life at Calais , in the shadow of Brummel and such . My father used to sit all day by the fire , inscribing " ideas " every now and then in a pocket THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH 5.
... The alternative would have been a shabby , ignominious life at Calais , in the shadow of Brummel and such . My father used to sit all day by the fire , inscribing " ideas " every now and then in a pocket THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH 5.
Page 8
... fire , and knew pretty well what was going on outside . There would be long whistles in the dark , and when we found men lurking in our barns we feigned not to see them- it was safer so . The smugglers - the Free 8 ROMANCE.
... fire , and knew pretty well what was going on outside . There would be long whistles in the dark , and when we found men lurking in our barns we feigned not to see them- it was safer so . The smugglers - the Free 8 ROMANCE.
Page 21
... fires of the limekilns glowed at the base , sending up a blood - red dust of sullen smoke . " I'll swear they think they've dropped straight into hell . " You'll have to cut the country , John , " he added suddenly , " they'll have got ...
... fires of the limekilns glowed at the base , sending up a blood - red dust of sullen smoke . " I'll swear they think they've dropped straight into hell . " You'll have to cut the country , John , " he added suddenly , " they'll have got ...
Page 156
... fire — his puchero and tortillas and rolled for him his provision of ciga- rettes for the day . Every morning he marched up to the Casa , like a courtier , to attend on his king . I never saw him eat or drink anything there . He leaned ...
... fire — his puchero and tortillas and rolled for him his provision of ciga- rettes for the day . Every morning he marched up to the Casa , like a courtier , to attend on his king . I never saw him eat or drink anything there . He leaned ...
Page 157
... fire , I was moving amongst them , nursing my love for Sera- phina . The words of Carlos were like oil upon a flame ; it enveloped me from head to foot with a leap . I had the physical sensation of breathing it , of seeing it , of being ...
... fire , I was moving amongst them , nursing my love for Sera- phina . The words of Carlos were like oil upon a flame ; it enveloped me from head to foot with a leap . I had the physical sensation of breathing it , of seeing it , of being ...
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