Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 64
... once — like this ! Running off with a casual orchestra girl ! " You might have knocked me down with a feather , " Davidson told us some time afterward . By then he was taking an indulgent view of both the parties to that amazing ...
... once — like this ! Running off with a casual orchestra girl ! " You might have knocked me down with a feather , " Davidson told us some time afterward . By then he was taking an indulgent view of both the parties to that amazing ...
Page 104
... once toward the girl . She had not moved . Her arms hung down ; her eyelids were lowered . Heyst laid down his half - smoked cigar and com- pressed his lips . Then he got up . It was the same sort of impulse which years ago had made him ...
... once toward the girl . She had not moved . Her arms hung down ; her eyelids were lowered . Heyst laid down his half - smoked cigar and com- pressed his lips . Then he got up . It was the same sort of impulse which years ago had made him ...
Page 109
... once . " It's my unfortunate manner , " he said with his delicate , polished playfulness . " Is it very objection- able to you ? " She was very serious . " No. I only noticed it . I haven't come across so many pleasant people as all ...
... once . " It's my unfortunate manner , " he said with his delicate , polished playfulness . " Is it very objection- able to you ? " She was very serious . " No. I only noticed it . I haven't come across so many pleasant people as all ...
Page 111
... once the desire to act gets hold of them . They lower their heads and charge a wall with an amazing serenity which nothing but an in- disciplined imagination can give . He was not a fool . I suppose he knew VICTORY . III.
... once the desire to act gets hold of them . They lower their heads and charge a wall with an amazing serenity which nothing but an in- disciplined imagination can give . He was not a fool . I suppose he knew VICTORY . III.
Page 119
... if the girl had understood what he meant . Who could tell ? He was assailed by all sorts of doubts . Raising his head , he perceived something white flitting between the trees . It vanished almost at once ; but VICTORY . 119.
... if the girl had understood what he meant . Who could tell ? He was assailed by all sorts of doubts . Raising his head , he perceived something white flitting between the trees . It vanished almost at once ; but VICTORY . 119.
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