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Page 114
... lived through together . There was something mys- terious and touching in this violent contrast , toned down by the near approach to the tomb — the brotherhood of master and slave . At a given moment an enormous iron key was brought in ...
... lived through together . There was something mys- terious and touching in this violent contrast , toned down by the near approach to the tomb — the brotherhood of master and slave . At a given moment an enormous iron key was brought in ...
Page 120
... lived as if in a dream . " What is the action you want me to take , Carlos ? " I asked one day . Propped up with pillows , he looked at me with the big eyes of his emaciation . " I would like best to see you marry my cousin . Once ...
... lived as if in a dream . " What is the action you want me to take , Carlos ? " I asked one day . Propped up with pillows , he looked at me with the big eyes of his emaciation . " I would like best to see you marry my cousin . Once ...
Page 125
... lived soberly , like a Spaniard , in some hut in the nearest of the villages , with an old woman who swept the earth floor and cooked his food at an outside fire — his puchero and tortillas and rolled for him his provision of cigarettes ...
... lived soberly , like a Spaniard , in some hut in the nearest of the villages , with an old woman who swept the earth floor and cooked his food at an outside fire — his puchero and tortillas and rolled for him his provision of cigarettes ...
Page 131
... lived , O'Brien would do nothing to compromise his influence over him . Neither could I take any action ; I must wait and watch . O'Brien would , no doubt , try to remove me ; but as long as I kept within the Casa , he thought I should ...
... lived , O'Brien would do nothing to compromise his influence over him . Neither could I take any action ; I must wait and watch . O'Brien would , no doubt , try to remove me ; but as long as I kept within the Casa , he thought I should ...
Page 157
... lived very fast by that account , " he remarked art- lessly . " Is it possible , now ? Well , life , as you know , can't last forever ; and , indeed , taking a better look at you in this poor light , you do seem to be very near death ...
... lived very fast by that account , " he remarked art- lessly . " Is it possible , now ? Well , life , as you know , can't last forever ; and , indeed , taking a better look at you in this poor light , you do seem to be very near death ...
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Page 41 - Here's the mahn ye were speerin' after. Here's Macdonald." It was the voice of Barnes, and the voice of the every day. I discovered that I had been tremendously upset. The pulses in my temples were throbbing, and I wanted to shut my eyes — to sleep! I was tired; Romance had departed. Barnes and the Macdonald he had found for me represented all the laborious insects of the world; all the ants who are forever hauling immensely heavy and immensely unimportant burdens up weary hillocks, down steep...