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Page 205
... side ; I thought that if half of us remained on one side while half went over to the other , we could keep the boat bottom down and so easily hang on ; but I could make no one understand . The waves swept over us , and each time the ...
... side ; I thought that if half of us remained on one side while half went over to the other , we could keep the boat bottom down and so easily hang on ; but I could make no one understand . The waves swept over us , and each time the ...
Page 212
... side . with tall poplars , the sort of road that you see often in France , and it stretched in front of me , white and straight , immensely far ; I saw farther than I had ever thought it possible to see , and still the white road ...
... side . with tall poplars , the sort of road that you see often in France , and it stretched in front of me , white and straight , immensely far ; I saw farther than I had ever thought it possible to see , and still the white road ...
Page 233
... side of the hall and appeared to be listen- ing intently to the conversation that went on at the round table . At the side of the throne behind the Sultan stood two enormous burning candles in large brass candlesticks , and these were ...
... side of the hall and appeared to be listen- ing intently to the conversation that went on at the round table . At the side of the throne behind the Sultan stood two enormous burning candles in large brass candlesticks , and these were ...
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