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I am a man of sufficient means to live where I like , and to practice my profession of letters as I will . As I am without near relatives -- and had at that time passed into a sedate middle age — the freedom that is at once the curse of ...
I am a man of sufficient means to live where I like , and to practice my profession of letters as I will . As I am without near relatives -- and had at that time passed into a sedate middle age — the freedom that is at once the curse of ...
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... realized that old Spike had freely and unselfishly risked and lost his life that another might live , the entire community followed him with tears to his last resting place , mourning that they could do so little to show him honor .
... realized that old Spike had freely and unselfishly risked and lost his life that another might live , the entire community followed him with tears to his last resting place , mourning that they could do so little to show him honor .
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They were all out . side the building . The food is brought to us from the other side of the road where the kitchen is located underground . We live the life of rats . In this dugout is a table with a candle on it and three chairs .
They were all out . side the building . The food is brought to us from the other side of the road where the kitchen is located underground . We live the life of rats . In this dugout is a table with a candle on it and three chairs .
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The trouble with you has been that you were afraid to live because you had been taught that it wasn't respectable . Hasn't it ? " He smiled at her tell - tale blush . " When you bought clothes , " he went on remorselessly , " you bought ...
The trouble with you has been that you were afraid to live because you had been taught that it wasn't respectable . Hasn't it ? " He smiled at her tell - tale blush . " When you bought clothes , " he went on remorselessly , " you bought ...
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I've got two weeks yet to tell you about it and I warn you that I intend to describe it so alluringly that you'll not be content to live anywhere else , once you've heard . " For a long moment Janet looked up into his eyes ...
I've got two weeks yet to tell you about it and I warn you that I intend to describe it so alluringly that you'll not be content to live anywhere else , once you've heard . " For a long moment Janet looked up into his eyes ...
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Stran 232 - Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the Gates of Hercules ; Before him not the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said : "Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say ?" "Why, say, 'Sail on ! sail on ! and on !'" "My men grow mutinous day by day; My men grow ghastly wan and weak.
Stran 158 - Sail on ! sail on ! sail on ! and on !" Then pale and worn, he paced his deck, And peered through darkness.
Stran 158 - The stout mate thought of home; a spray Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek. "What shall I say, brave Adm'r'l, say, If we sight naught but seas at dawn?" "Why, you shall say, at break of day: 'Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!
Stran 133 - I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
Stran 113 - The bravest battle that ever was fought! Shall I tell you where and when ? On the maps of the world you will find it not : 'Twas fought by the mothers of men.
Stran 232 - BEHIND him lay the gray Azores, Behind, the Gates of Hercules ; Before him not the ghost of shores ; Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said: "Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak; what shall I say?
Stran 113 - In men whom men pronounce divine I find so much of sin and blot, I hesitate to draw a line Between the two, where God has not.
Stran 158 - This mad sea shows his teeth tonight. He curls his lip, he lies in wait. With lifted teeth, as if to bite! Brave Adm'r'l, say but one good word: What shall we do when hope is gone?" The words leapt like a leaping sword: "Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!
Stran 87 - For ever and aye in dust at his side ? " Look at the roses saluting each other ; Look at the herds all at peace on the plain. Man, and man only, makes war on his brother ; And laughs in his heart at his peril and pain : Shamed by the beasts that go down on the plain. " Is it worth while that we battle to humble Some poor fellow down into the dust...
Stran 158 - Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!" Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck — A light!