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Page 57
... woman's on board . " His face fell . " But there , you'll get round her . I'll see you through . " They drank some sangaree and became noisy . I wasn't very happy ; there was much truth in what David Macdonald had said . Topnambo would ...
... woman's on board . " His face fell . " But there , you'll get round her . I'll see you through . " They drank some sangaree and became noisy . I wasn't very happy ; there was much truth in what David Macdonald had said . Topnambo would ...
Page 61
... woman in your land like her . She might have And to marry that— that excellent personage , my good cousin . It is a tragedy . " " It was a very good match , " I answered . He sighed again . " My uncle is asleep in there , now , " he ...
... woman in your land like her . She might have And to marry that— that excellent personage , my good cousin . It is a tragedy . " " It was a very good match , " I answered . He sighed again . " My uncle is asleep in there , now , " he ...
Page 77
... woman , that moved rigidly up and down , was silhouetted over my body . Groaning creaks of wood and the faint swish of water made themselves heard continuously . I turned my head to a click , I saw a door open a little way , and the ...
... woman , that moved rigidly up and down , was silhouetted over my body . Groaning creaks of wood and the faint swish of water made themselves heard continuously . I turned my head to a click , I saw a door open a little way , and the ...
Page 86
... woman began to shriek on the other side of the bulk- head , then another woman somewhere else , then the little girl . I hurried on deck , but it was minutes before I could make things fit together . I saw Major Cowper on the poop ; he ...
... woman began to shriek on the other side of the bulk- head , then another woman somewhere else , then the little girl . I hurried on deck , but it was minutes before I could make things fit together . I saw Major Cowper on the poop ; he ...
Page 87
... woman's face disappeared into the hood of the companion like a rabbit's tail into its burrow . There was a great volley of cracks from the loose sails , and the ship came to . At the same time the schooner , now on our beam and stripped ...
... woman's face disappeared into the hood of the companion like a rabbit's tail into its burrow . There was a great volley of cracks from the loose sails , and the ship came to . At the same time the schooner , now on our beam and stripped ...
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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