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Page 174
... shouting , " The Lugarenos have risen ! " broke upon the hush of mourning . Father Antonio made a brusque movement ... shouted , " Give him to us , and we shall go ! " 66 66 You are putting in danger all the lives in this house ! " O ...
... shouting , " The Lugarenos have risen ! " broke upon the hush of mourning . Father Antonio made a brusque movement ... shouted , " Give him to us , and we shall go ! " 66 66 You are putting in danger all the lives in this house ! " O ...
Page 177
... shouted most pitifully . They squeaked like the vermin they were . I brought down the clubbed musket ; two went down . Of two I am sure . The rush of flying feet swept through between the walls , bearing me along . For a time a black ...
... shouted most pitifully . They squeaked like the vermin they were . I brought down the clubbed musket ; two went down . Of two I am sure . The rush of flying feet swept through between the walls , bearing me along . For a time a black ...
Page 207
... shouting all together , and then keep quiet as if listening . By - and - by I began to hear answering yells , that seemed to converge upon us from all directions . We were in the thick of it . It was Manuel's boat , as Castro had ...
... shouting all together , and then keep quiet as if listening . By - and - by I began to hear answering yells , that seemed to converge upon us from all directions . We were in the thick of it . It was Manuel's boat , as Castro had ...
Page 211
... shouted into empty space . And for me it had , also , the fascination of a revealed depth . It was like the oration of an ambitious leader in a farce ; he held his hearers with his eloquence , as much as he had done with the song of his ...
... shouted into empty space . And for me it had , also , the fascination of a revealed depth . It was like the oration of an ambitious leader in a farce ; he held his hearers with his eloquence , as much as he had done with the song of his ...
Page 219
... shouted . " You must be crazy not to believe me . " " But we do believe every single word you say , " bantered the Sebright voice with serenity . Suddenly another struck in , " Nichols , I call to mind , sir . " " Of course , of course ...
... shouted . " You must be crazy not to believe me . " " But we do believe every single word you say , " bantered the Sebright voice with serenity . Suddenly another struck in , " Nichols , I call to mind , sir . " " Of course , of course ...
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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 Lugareños 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 señor señorita 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 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...