Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1923 - 541 pages |
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Page 75
... heart that seizes one after occasions of popular emotions , asked me in exulting voices if I had seen the nigger's tongue sticking out . Others thought that there wasn't very much to be exultant over . We had not really captured the ...
... heart that seizes one after occasions of popular emotions , asked me in exulting voices if I had seen the nigger's tongue sticking out . Others thought that there wasn't very much to be exultant over . We had not really captured the ...
Page 109
... heart . The spitting bang followed again , and something skipped along the wave - tops beside us , raising little pillars of spray that drifted away on the wind . The schooner came back on her course , heading straight for us ; a shout ...
... heart . The spitting bang followed again , and something skipped along the wave - tops beside us , raising little pillars of spray that drifted away on the wind . The schooner came back on her course , heading straight for us ; a shout ...
Page 118
... heart was bursting my ribs . I lay on my back and managed to say , " Give me air . " I thought I should die . Castro , draped in his cloak , stood over me , but Major Cowper fell on his knees near my head , almost sobbing : " My papers ...
... heart was bursting my ribs . I lay on my back and managed to say , " Give me air . " I thought I should die . Castro , draped in his cloak , stood over me , but Major Cowper fell on his knees near my head , almost sobbing : " My papers ...
Page 149
... hearts . I have never failed since to say every day an especial prayer for its return to our holy mother , the Church . Because I love it . " I said nothing to this , only bowing ; and he laid a short , thick hand on my shoulder . " May ...
... hearts . I have never failed since to say every day an especial prayer for its return to our holy mother , the Church . Because I love it . " I said nothing to this , only bowing ; and he laid a short , thick hand on my shoulder . " May ...
Page 150
... heart , voiced by his bloodless lips - as if a dream had come to pass , as if a miracle had taken place . He added , with an indefinable smile of an almost unearthly wistfulness : " I would have married your sister , my Juan . " He had ...
... heart , voiced by his bloodless lips - as if a dream had come to pass , as if a miracle had taken place . He added , with an indefinable smile of an almost unearthly wistfulness : " I would have married your sister , my Juan . " He had ...
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