Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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Page 89
... Hold your tongue , " he said very quickly in Spanish . " This is folly ! " His little hawk's beak of a nose nestled in his mustache . He waved his arm and declared forcibly , " I don't know you . I am Nikola el Demonio , the Mexican ...
... Hold your tongue , " he said very quickly in Spanish . " This is folly ! " His little hawk's beak of a nose nestled in his mustache . He waved his arm and declared forcibly , " I don't know you . I am Nikola el Demonio , the Mexican ...
Page 123
... hold auctions of looted property on the beach . These were attended by people from the interior of the province , and now and then even the Havana dealers would come on the quiet to secure a few pieces of silk or a cask or two of French ...
... hold auctions of looted property on the beach . These were attended by people from the interior of the province , and now and then even the Havana dealers would come on the quiet to secure a few pieces of silk or a cask or two of French ...
Page 138
... hold his ground was that , as he said to me once , “ I , too , my son , am a legacy of that truly pious and noble lady , the wife of Don Riego . I was made her spiritual director soon after her marriage , and I may say that she showed ...
... hold his ground was that , as he said to me once , “ I , too , my son , am a legacy of that truly pious and noble lady , the wife of Don Riego . I was made her spiritual director soon after her marriage , and I may say that she showed ...
Page 166
... holds all the people in his hand in some way . Even I must be cautious , though I am a humble , trusted friend of the Casa ! " " What harm could he do you ? " I asked . 66 He is civil to me . Amigo Castro here , and Amigo Castro there ...
... holds all the people in his hand in some way . Even I must be cautious , though I am a humble , trusted friend of the Casa ! " " What harm could he do you ? " I asked . 66 He is civil to me . Amigo Castro here , and Amigo Castro there ...
Page 172
... hold was crowding the upper galleries ; the sobbing murmurs of their voices fell into the deserted patio . The strip of crimson cloth laid for the bishop ran across it from the arch of the stairway to the entrance . The door of Carlos ...
... hold was crowding the upper galleries ; the sobbing murmurs of their voices fell into the deserted patio . The strip of crimson cloth laid for the bishop ran across it from the arch of the stairway to the entrance . The door of Carlos ...
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