Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 16
... thought that if she only could talk to him in some unknown tongue , she would enslave him altogether by the sheer beauty of the sound , suggesting infinite depths of wisdom and feeling . " But , " she went on , " the name stuck in my ...
... thought that if she only could talk to him in some unknown tongue , she would enslave him altogether by the sheer beauty of the sound , suggesting infinite depths of wisdom and feeling . " But , " she went on , " the name stuck in my ...
Page 18
... thought of this , and added in a louder , light tone : " Nothing less . And it isn't because I think little of what I've got already . Oh , no ! It is because I think so much of this possession of mine that I can't have it complete ...
... thought of this , and added in a louder , light tone : " Nothing less . And it isn't because I think little of what I've got already . Oh , no ! It is because I think so much of this possession of mine that I can't have it complete ...
Page 19
... thought it was . " " What made him invent such an atrocity ? " Heyst exclaimed . " He seems a stupid animal . He is stupid . How did he manage to hatch that pretty tale ? Have I a particularly vile countenance ? Is black selfishness ...
... thought it was . " " What made him invent such an atrocity ? " Heyst exclaimed . " He seems a stupid animal . He is stupid . How did he manage to hatch that pretty tale ? Have I a particularly vile countenance ? Is black selfishness ...
Page 20
... man or loved a woman - not even in my thoughts , not even in my dreams . " He raised her hand to his lips , and let them rest on it for a space , during which she moved a little After the lingering kiss he did not closer to him 20 VICTORY .
... man or loved a woman - not even in my thoughts , not even in my dreams . " He raised her hand to his lips , and let them rest on it for a space , during which she moved a little After the lingering kiss he did not closer to him 20 VICTORY .
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... thought of humiliating him than one would think of humiliating a child . What's the use of talking of all this ! Of course , the people here could not understand the truth of our relation to each other . But what business of theirs was ...
... thought of humiliating him than one would think of humiliating a child . What's the use of talking of all this ! Of course , the people here could not understand the truth of our relation to each other . But what business of theirs was ...
Common terms and phrases
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