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Stran 47
We had only a short time to get away in , but it's a wonder we were able to travel at all , for the person that had the drop on us was our former sweetheart , the school marm , and she held a goodsized six - shooter by the way of ...
We had only a short time to get away in , but it's a wonder we were able to travel at all , for the person that had the drop on us was our former sweetheart , the school marm , and she held a goodsized six - shooter by the way of ...
Stran 48
With a sigh she turned toward her bed , then paused , as a knock sounded upon her door . It was a soft , hesitating tap , as if the person outside did not care to be heard by the occupants of adjoining apartments .
With a sigh she turned toward her bed , then paused , as a knock sounded upon her door . It was a soft , hesitating tap , as if the person outside did not care to be heard by the occupants of adjoining apartments .
Stran 51
Last night we had a dinner . Afterwards we got upon the subject of Western hospitality and one of my friends- he spent last summer on the ranch with me - spoke of the Western people's willingness to share with the first person , black.
Last night we had a dinner . Afterwards we got upon the subject of Western hospitality and one of my friends- he spent last summer on the ranch with me - spoke of the Western people's willingness to share with the first person , black.
Stran 52
people's willingness to share with the first person , black , brown or white , honest man or criminal , who came along . " He said that one didn't receive such treatment in New York . I took the nega . tive side of the debate and ...
people's willingness to share with the first person , black , brown or white , honest man or criminal , who came along . " He said that one didn't receive such treatment in New York . I took the nega . tive side of the debate and ...
Stran 53
... out to their widest limit and thrown up in the air with a significant shaking of the largeknuckled fingers , as if he with that gesture , wiped his hands of the whole matter . He continued to glare at the offending person before him ...
... out to their widest limit and thrown up in the air with a significant shaking of the largeknuckled fingers , as if he with that gesture , wiped his hands of the whole matter . He continued to glare at the offending person before him ...
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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!