Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1923 - 541 pages |
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Page 128
... whole town and all the surrounding country , and , except for his age and feebleness , might have been an absolute monarch . He had lived in Havana with great splendour , but now , in his failing years , had retired to his palace , from ...
... whole town and all the surrounding country , and , except for his age and feebleness , might have been an absolute monarch . He had lived in Havana with great splendour , but now , in his failing years , had retired to his palace , from ...
Page 141
... - turies there had always been a Riego living in this fortress - like palace , ruling this portion of the New World with the whole majesty of his race . And I thought of the long , loop - holed , buttressed CASA RIEGO 141.
... - turies there had always been a Riego living in this fortress - like palace , ruling this portion of the New World with the whole majesty of his race . And I thought of the long , loop - holed , buttressed CASA RIEGO 141.
Page 145
... whole world were blind to the nefarious nature of that man . He had possessed himself of her little father's mind . I glanced towards the old Don , who at that moment was brokenly taking a pinch of snuff out of a gold snuff - box ...
... whole world were blind to the nefarious nature of that man . He had possessed himself of her little father's mind . I glanced towards the old Don , who at that moment was brokenly taking a pinch of snuff out of a gold snuff - box ...
Page 158
... whole weeks together . She was the first woman to me a strange new being , a marvel as great as Eve herself to Adam's wondering awakening . It may be that a close intimacy stands in the way of love springing up between two young people ...
... whole weeks together . She was the first woman to me a strange new being , a marvel as great as Eve herself to Adam's wondering awakening . It may be that a close intimacy stands in the way of love springing up between two young people ...
Page 161
... whole Riego fortune , and , of course , through Seraphina . I would feel a rage at this a sort of rage that made my head spin as if the ground had reeled . " He would have found means of getting rid of me if he had not seen I was not ...
... whole Riego fortune , and , of course , through Seraphina . I would feel a rage at this a sort of rage that made my head spin as if the ground had reeled . " He would have found means of getting rid of me if he had not seen I was not ...
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