Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 97
... mind to retire from the world in hermit fashion , yet he was irrationally moved by this sense of loneliness which had come to him in the hour of renunciation . It hurt him . Nothing is more painful than the shock of sharp con ...
... mind to retire from the world in hermit fashion , yet he was irrationally moved by this sense of loneliness which had come to him in the hour of renunciation . It hurt him . Nothing is more painful than the shock of sharp con ...
Page 108
... mind , cool , alert , watched it sink there with a sort of vague concern at the absurdity of the occupation , till it rested at the bottom , deep down , where our unexpressed longings lie . " You are English , of course ? " he said ...
... mind , cool , alert , watched it sink there with a sort of vague concern at the absurdity of the occupation , till it rested at the bottom , deep down , where our unexpressed longings lie . " You are English , of course ? " he said ...
Page 110
... feelings were in a state of confusion , but his mind was clear . " That's bad . But it isn't actual ill - usage that this girl is complaining of , " he thought lucidly after she left him./ II That was how it began . How it was IIO VICTORY .
... feelings were in a state of confusion , but his mind was clear . " That's bad . But it isn't actual ill - usage that this girl is complaining of , " he thought lucidly after she left him./ II That was how it began . How it was IIO VICTORY .
Page 116
... , the effect of the mechanical , ordered smile was joyous , radiant . It astonished Heyst . No wonder , it flashed through his mind , women can deceive men so completely . The faculty was inherent in them ; they seemed to 116 VICTORY .
... , the effect of the mechanical , ordered smile was joyous , radiant . It astonished Heyst . No wonder , it flashed through his mind , women can deceive men so completely . The faculty was inherent in them ; they seemed to 116 VICTORY .
Page 119
... mind to the contempla- tion of his purpose , in order that by being faced steadily it should appear praiseworthy and wise . For the use of reason is to justify the obscure desires that move our conduct , impulses , passions , prejudices ...
... mind to the contempla- tion of his purpose , in order that by being faced steadily it should appear praiseworthy and wise . For the use of reason is to justify the obscure desires that move our conduct , impulses , passions , prejudices ...
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