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... once more and a young man came out to me ; tall , slim , with very bright , very large black eyes aglow in an absolute pallor of face . That was Carlos Riego . Well , that is my yesterday of romance , for the many things that have ...
... once more and a young man came out to me ; tall , slim , with very bright , very large black eyes aglow in an absolute pallor of face . That was Carlos Riego . Well , that is my yesterday of romance , for the many things that have ...
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... once in the hands of the smugglers , his cousin and Castro would be safe enough from the runners ; it would have needed a troop of horse to take them . The difficulty was that of late the smugglers themselves had become demoralized ...
... once in the hands of the smugglers , his cousin and Castro would be safe enough from the runners ; it would have needed a troop of horse to take them . The difficulty was that of late the smugglers themselves had become demoralized ...
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... once after I'd let you go . I ought to have kept you out of it . You came near being murdered . And to think of it -you , her brother - to be- " " Oh , it's all right , " I said gayly , " it's all right . You've to stand by Veronica . I ...
... once after I'd let you go . I ought to have kept you out of it . You came near being murdered . And to think of it -you , her brother - to be- " " Oh , it's all right , " I said gayly , " it's all right . You've to stand by Veronica . I ...
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... once , and then stopped , looking at me with a certain tender irony . He insisted , though , that his aged uncle was in need of him . As for Castro- he and his rags came out of a life of sturt and strife , and I hoped he might die by ...
... once , and then stopped , looking at me with a certain tender irony . He insisted , though , that his aged uncle was in need of him . As for Castro- he and his rags came out of a life of sturt and strife , and I hoped he might die by ...
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... once . Through the scuttle of the half - deck we heard a hubbub of voices , of people exchanging greetings , of Christian names called out joyously . A tumultuous shuffling of feet went on continuously over our heads . The ship was ...
... once . Through the scuttle of the half - deck we heard a hubbub of voices , of people exchanging greetings , of Christian names called out joyously . A tumultuous shuffling of feet went on continuously over our heads . The ship was ...
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admiral answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark David Macdonald dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareņos Macdonald Manuel matter murmured never Nichols night Nikola O'Brien once pirates pistol Ramon Rangsley ravine remember Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail schooner Sebright seemed seen seņor seņorita Seraphina shadow ship shoulders shouted side sight silence smile sort soul sound Spanish stood suddenly talk tell thing thought throat Tomas Castro turned uncle voice waiting walked wall whispered Williams woman words
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Page 115 - he would die of grief. The general effect of the place was of vitality exhausted, of a body calcined, of romance turned into stone. The still air, the hot sunshine, the white beach curving around the deserted sheet of water, the
Page 110 - I would like best to see you marry my cousin. Once before a woman of our race had married an Englishman. She had been happy. English things last forever—English peace, English power, English fidelity. It is a country of much serenity, of order,
Page 355 - WHY have I been brought here, your worships?" I asked, with a great deal of firmness. There were two figures in black, the one beside, the other behind a large black table. I was placed in front of them, between two soldiers, in the
Page 108 - king, had fought against the French, had a price put upon his head by a special proclamation. He had known passion, power, war, exile, and love. He had been thanked by his returned king,
Page 165 - their long knives. They came in a disorderly, shouting mob along the beach, intending this not for an attack, but as a simple demonstration. The sight of the open gate struck them with wonder. The bishop's coach
Page 108 - et armis, a nun from a convent, incurring the enmity of the Church and the displeasure of his sovereign. He had sacrificed all his fortune in Europe to the service of
Page 349 - of my hair was concealed by the handkerchief bound under my hat; my footsteps echoed loudly under the vault, and I penetrated into the heart of the city. And directly, it seemed to me, I had stepped back three hundred years. I had never seen anything so old; this was the abandoned inheritance of an adventurous race, that seemed to have thrown all its might, all its
Page 404 - Who is it that refuses to drink a glass of brandy?' He asked me what countryman I was, and if I was an American." There were two others from the unfortunate