Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 32
Page 88
... smile on his governor's lips . " Don't you ? " murmured Mr. Jones , whose face , as he reclined on his elbow , was on a level with the top of his follower's head . " No , sir , " said Ricardo emphatically . The candle from the other ...
... smile on his governor's lips . " Don't you ? " murmured Mr. Jones , whose face , as he reclined on his elbow , was on a level with the top of his follower's head . " No , sir , " said Ricardo emphatically . The candle from the other ...
Page 95
... smile flitted over the lips of the faithful Ricardo , who never raised his head . " I don't want to try you too much , sir ; but this is like no other job we ever turned our minds to . " " Perhaps not . At any rate let us think so . " A ...
... smile flitted over the lips of the faithful Ricardo , who never raised his head . " I don't want to try you too much , sir ; but this is like no other job we ever turned our minds to . " " Perhaps not . At any rate let us think so . " A ...
Page 101
... smile . By a side glance Ricardo had noted this play of feature . He smiled , too , appreciative , encour- aged . " And you as hard as nails all the time , " he went on . " Hang me if anybody would believe you aren't sick , if I were to ...
... smile . By a side glance Ricardo had noted this play of feature . He smiled , too , appreciative , encour- aged . " And you as hard as nails all the time , " he went on . " Hang me if anybody would believe you aren't sick , if I were to ...
Page 128
... smile . " Listen ! I am quiet now . Straight I am . I don't need to explain why - you know how it is . And I can see , now , this wasn't the way with you . " She made no sound . Her still , upward gaze had a patient mournfulness which ...
... smile . " Listen ! I am quiet now . Straight I am . I don't need to explain why - you know how it is . And I can see , now , this wasn't the way with you . " She made no sound . Her still , upward gaze had a patient mournfulness which ...
Page 134
... smile . Duplicity - the refuge of the weak and the cowardly , but of the disarmed , too ! Nothing stood between the enchanted dream of her existence and a cruel catastrophe but her duplicity . It seemed to her that the man sitting there ...
... smile . Duplicity - the refuge of the weak and the cowardly , but of the disarmed , too ! Nothing stood between the enchanted dream of her existence and a cruel catastrophe but her duplicity . It seemed to her that the man sitting there ...
Common terms and phrases
arms asked believe boat breast breath bungalow cardo chair cheroot Chinaman Chink clairvoyance cried crowbar curtain dark Davidson dead door doorway doubt dream eyes face faint feeling feet fellow felt forest frightened gentleman girl glance gleam gone governor gunwale hand HARVARD COLLEGE head hear heard henchman Heyst looked ISLAND TALE jetty Jones knees knew laugh leaned Lena light lips Malay Martin matter mean mind Morrison moustaches moved movement murmured never night Number once paused Pedro perhaps quiet raised revolver Ricardo round Samburan sandalwood sarong Schomberg secretary seemed shadow shoulders side sight silence smile sort sound speak staring startled steps stir strange suddenly surprised swag talk tell There's thing thought throat told tone tremely turned understand veranda Victory voice volcano volver wait Wang Wang's watched wharf What's whispered woman wonder words