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... walls in the shape of a military tent , in which warlike objects vaguely gleamed : a trophy of ancient arequebuses and conquering swords , arranged with the bows , the spears , the stick and stone weapons of an extinct race , a war ...
... walls in the shape of a military tent , in which warlike objects vaguely gleamed : a trophy of ancient arequebuses and conquering swords , arranged with the bows , the spears , the stick and stone weapons of an extinct race , a war ...
Page 166
... wall . He had terrified her . God knows what he had said to her . The widow — as Castro called her — had a son , an escrivano in one of the Courts of Justice . No doubt it was that . " There it is , senor , " murmured Castro , scowling ...
... wall . He had terrified her . God knows what he had said to her . The widow — as Castro called her — had a son , an escrivano in one of the Courts of Justice . No doubt it was that . " There it is , senor , " murmured Castro , scowling ...
Page 170
... wall , grounded their halberds heavily at my approach . ( 6 He stepped out to intercept me , and , with great discretion , Senor , a word , " he said in his subdued voice . " A moment ago I have been called within the door of our ...
... wall , grounded their halberds heavily at my approach . ( 6 He stepped out to intercept me , and , with great discretion , Senor , a word , " he said in his subdued voice . " A moment ago I have been called within the door of our ...
Page 177
... Of two I am sure . The rush of flying feet swept through between the walls , bearing me along . For a time a black stream of men eddied in the moonlight round the bishop's coach , like a torrent breaking round a PART THIRD 177.
... Of two I am sure . The rush of flying feet swept through between the walls , bearing me along . For a time a black stream of men eddied in the moonlight round the bishop's coach , like a torrent breaking round a PART THIRD 177.
Page 178
... wall in the posture of a man suddenly overcome by a deadly disease . No one was looking at us . It came to me that he could not have many illusions left to him now . He looked up wearily , saw me , and , waking up at once , thrust his ...
... wall in the posture of a man suddenly overcome by a deadly disease . No one was looking at us . It came to me that he could not have many illusions left to him now . He looked up wearily , saw me , and , waking up at once , thrust his ...
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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...