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... stood shaking it very gently . " One day , " he said , “ I shall repay what I owe you . I wished you with me , because I go into some danger . I wanted you . Good - by . Hasta mas ver . ” He leaned over and kissed me lightly on the ...
... stood shaking it very gently . " One day , " he said , “ I shall repay what I owe you . I wished you with me , because I go into some danger . I wanted you . Good - by . Hasta mas ver . ” He leaned over and kissed me lightly on the ...
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... stood open , with heads craning out all along the inn face . I was hurrying off the back of my horse when the admiral came out on to the steps . Someone lit a torch , and the admiral became a dark , solid figure , with the flash of the ...
... stood open , with heads craning out all along the inn face . I was hurrying off the back of my horse when the admiral came out on to the steps . Someone lit a torch , and the admiral became a dark , solid figure , with the flash of the ...
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... stood high enough to be seen - a long very stout beam supported by posts at each end . There was a blazing sun , and the crowd pushed and shouted and craned its thousands of heads every time one heard the cry of " Here they come , " for ...
... stood high enough to be seen - a long very stout beam supported by posts at each end . There was a blazing sun , and the crowd pushed and shouted and craned its thousands of heads every time one heard the cry of " Here they come , " for ...
Page 58
... stood beneath the dangling ropes of the long beam , they had the appearance of a group of statuary to forlorn misery . Festoons of chains completed the " composition . " One was a very old man with long yellow - white hair , one a negro ...
... stood beneath the dangling ropes of the long beam , they had the appearance of a group of statuary to forlorn misery . Festoons of chains completed the " composition . " One was a very old man with long yellow - white hair , one a negro ...
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... stood all black in the light of the window . " Why did you make me meet him ? He may be a judge of your Marine Court , but he's nothing but a scoundrelly bog- trotter . " Carlos said a little haughtily , " You must not denounce him ...
... stood all black in the light of the window . " Why did you make me meet him ? He may be a judge of your Marine Court , but he's nothing but a scoundrelly bog- trotter . " Carlos said a little haughtily , " You must not denounce him ...
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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