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Page 42
... mean that I was to follow him aft . The decks were covered with a jabbering turmoil of negroes with muscular arms and brawny shoulders . All their shining black faces seemed to be momentarily gashed open to show rows of white , and were ...
... mean that I was to follow him aft . The decks were covered with a jabbering turmoil of negroes with muscular arms and brawny shoulders . All their shining black faces seemed to be momentarily gashed open to show rows of white , and were ...
Page 66
... mean in the '98 , " I said , a little insolently . O'Brien's eyes twinkled . He had , as a matter of fact , nearly lost his neck in the Irish fiasco , either in Clonmel or Sligo , bolting violently from the English dragoons , in the ...
... mean in the '98 , " I said , a little insolently . O'Brien's eyes twinkled . He had , as a matter of fact , nearly lost his neck in the Irish fiasco , either in Clonmel or Sligo , bolting violently from the English dragoons , in the ...
Page 70
... mean it ? " he asked ; ' it's not British heroics ? " 66 The old Don stirred again and sighed . The young girl glided swiftly to his side . " Señor O'Brien , " she said , " you have so irritated my English cousin 70 ROMANCE.
... mean it ? " he asked ; ' it's not British heroics ? " 66 The old Don stirred again and sighed . The young girl glided swiftly to his side . " Señor O'Brien , " she said , " you have so irritated my English cousin 70 ROMANCE.
Page 73
... means understand the connection between the old Don and what had gone before , and I did not , in a purely conventional sense , know how long I ought to stop . The sky through the barred windows had grown pallid . The old Don said ...
... means understand the connection between the old Don and what had gone before , and I did not , in a purely conventional sense , know how long I ought to stop . The sky through the barred windows had grown pallid . The old Don said ...
Page 80
... , and making her way quietly , like a shadow . The land might have been four or five miles away- I had no means of knowing exactly . It looked like a high black cloud , and purply - gray mists here and there 80 ROMANCE.
... , and making her way quietly , like a shadow . The land might have been four or five miles away- I had no means of knowing exactly . It looked like a high black cloud , and purply - gray mists here and there 80 ROMANCE.
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