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Page 177
... remained motion- less . I saw the bishop , in his stiff cope , creep up to the group with the motion of a tortoise . And , for a moment , his quavering voice pronouncing the absolution was the only sound in the house . Then a most ...
... remained motion- less . I saw the bishop , in his stiff cope , creep up to the group with the motion of a tortoise . And , for a moment , his quavering voice pronouncing the absolution was the only sound in the house . Then a most ...
Page 200
... remained on the after - thwart , with his elbows on his knees . His head nearly touched my leg . I could distinguish the woeful , bent back , the broken swaying of the plume in his hat . Seraphina's perfect immobility gave me the ...
... remained on the after - thwart , with his elbows on his knees . His head nearly touched my leg . I could distinguish the woeful , bent back , the broken swaying of the plume in his hat . Seraphina's perfect immobility gave me the ...
Page 203
... remained appalled by that truth , stripped of all chivalrous pretense . It was clear , in sparing that defenseless life , I had been guilty of cruelty for the sake of my conscience . There was Seraphina by my side ; it was she who had ...
... remained appalled by that truth , stripped of all chivalrous pretense . It was clear , in sparing that defenseless life , I had been guilty of cruelty for the sake of my conscience . There was Seraphina by my side ; it was she who had ...
Page 206
... remained no such deep trace in the world as in the heart of the little grizzled bandit who , like a philosopher , or a desperado , puffed his cigarette in the face of the very spirit of murder hovering round us , under the mask and ...
... remained no such deep trace in the world as in the heart of the little grizzled bandit who , like a philosopher , or a desperado , puffed his cigarette in the face of the very spirit of murder hovering round us , under the mask and ...
Page 207
... remained motionless , astern of the dingey . It was the shadow of a big boat full of men , but when they were silent , I was not sure that I saw anything at all . I make no doubt , had they been aware of our nearness , there were ...
... remained motionless , astern of the dingey . It was the shadow of a big boat full of men , but when they were silent , I was not sure that I saw anything at all . I make no doubt , had they been aware of our nearness , there were ...
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Page 41 - Here's the mahn ye were speerin' after. Here's Macdonald." It was the voice of Barnes, and the voice of the every day. I discovered that I had been tremendously upset. The pulses in my temples were throbbing, and I wanted to shut my eyes — to sleep! I was tired; Romance had departed. Barnes and the Macdonald he had found for me represented all the laborious insects of the world; all the ants who are forever hauling immensely heavy and immensely unimportant burdens up weary hillocks, down steep...