Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 57
... knees upon the wharf , energetic and unaided . He rose up at Heyst's elbow and stamped his foot on the planks , with a sharp , provocative , double beat , such as is heard sometimes in fencing- schools before the adversaries engage ...
... knees upon the wharf , energetic and unaided . He rose up at Heyst's elbow and stamped his foot on the planks , with a sharp , provocative , double beat , such as is heard sometimes in fencing- schools before the adversaries engage ...
Page 127
... knee , she sent him flying against the partition . The cedar - wood chest stood in the way , and Ricardo , with a thump which boomed hollow through the whole bungalow , fell on it in a sitting posture , half strangled , and exhausted ...
... knee , she sent him flying against the partition . The cedar - wood chest stood in the way , and Ricardo , with a thump which boomed hollow through the whole bungalow , fell on it in a sitting posture , half strangled , and exhausted ...
Page 128
... knees . He was not looking at her bare shoulders , at her strong arms ; he was looking down at the floor . He had lost one of his straw slippers . A chair with a white dress on it had been overturned . These , with splashes of water on ...
... knees . He was not looking at her bare shoulders , at her strong arms ; he was looking down at the floor . He had lost one of his straw slippers . A chair with a white dress on it had been overturned . These , with splashes of water on ...
Page 130
... knees , his drooping head , something reflective in his pose , suggested the weariness of a simple soul , the fatigue of a mental rather than physical contest . He answered the direct question by a direct state- ment , as if he were too ...
... knees , his drooping head , something reflective in his pose , suggested the weariness of a simple soul , the fatigue of a mental rather than physical contest . He answered the direct question by a direct state- ment , as if he were too ...
Page 146
... knees . The graves of Wang's ancestors were far away , his parents were dead , his elder brother was a soldier in the yamen of some Mandarin away in Formosa . No one near by had a claim on his veneration or his obedience . He had been ...
... knees . The graves of Wang's ancestors were far away , his parents were dead , his elder brother was a soldier in the yamen of some Mandarin away in Formosa . No one near by had a claim on his veneration or his obedience . He had been ...
Common terms and phrases
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