Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 37
... looked after him for a bit in his bungalow . He became visible again rather suddenly , his eyes sunk in his head , and with a sort of guarded attitude , as if afraid some one would reproach him with the death of Morrison . Naïve Heyst ...
... looked after him for a bit in his bungalow . He became visible again rather suddenly , his eyes sunk in his head , and with a sort of guarded attitude , as if afraid some one would reproach him with the death of Morrison . Naïve Heyst ...
Page 45
... looked as if that side of the island had been alto- gether abandoned . This was what he expected . Pres- ently , above the dense mass of vegetation that Samburan presents to view , he saw the head of the flagstaff without a flag . Then ...
... looked as if that side of the island had been alto- gether abandoned . This was what he expected . Pres- ently , above the dense mass of vegetation that Samburan presents to view , he saw the head of the flagstaff without a flag . Then ...
Page 59
... looked at it idly and was struck by the fact- then not so very common - that it was a ladies ' orchestra ; " Zangiacomo's eastern tour - eighteen performers . " The poster stated that they had had the honour of playing their select ...
... looked at it idly and was struck by the fact- then not so very common - that it was a ladies ' orchestra ; " Zangiacomo's eastern tour - eighteen performers . " The poster stated that they had had the honour of playing their select ...
Page 61
... looked as if she had not heard him— which was impossible . Perhaps she drew the line of speech at the expression of opinions . Schomberg might have trained her , for domestic reasons , to keep them to herself . But Davidson felt in ...
... looked as if she had not heard him— which was impossible . Perhaps she drew the line of speech at the expression of opinions . Schomberg might have trained her , for domestic reasons , to keep them to herself . But Davidson felt in ...
Page 62
... looked at Mrs. Schomberg . Nobody had ever suspected her of having a mind , I mean even a little of it , I mean any at all . One was inclined to think of her as an It— an automaton , a very plain dummy , with an arrange- ment for bowing ...
... looked at Mrs. Schomberg . Nobody had ever suspected her of having a mind , I mean even a little of it , I mean any at all . One was inclined to think of her as an It— an automaton , a very plain dummy , with an arrange- ment for bowing ...
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