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Page 172
... hour after hour , waiting patiently . I think that the most astonishing thing in these crowds is the diversity of appearance ; these people have not the uniformity of look which you find commonly in the crowds of other coun- tries ; it ...
... hour after hour , waiting patiently . I think that the most astonishing thing in these crowds is the diversity of appearance ; these people have not the uniformity of look which you find commonly in the crowds of other coun- tries ; it ...
Page 221
William Somerset Maugham. This went on for hours . Then the turbid water showed that we had reached the shoals . We took soundings every quarter of an hour and watched for broken water . The swell was not so heavy and we rolled less . We ...
William Somerset Maugham. This went on for hours . Then the turbid water showed that we had reached the shoals . We took soundings every quarter of an hour and watched for broken water . The swell was not so heavy and we rolled less . We ...
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... hour . I saw him with some of the students of the university . He was extremely nice to them , but not with the slightly cloying affectionateness that you sometimes see in missionaries with their converts ; he was natural and human . A ...
... hour . I saw him with some of the students of the university . He was extremely nice to them , but not with the slightly cloying affectionateness that you sometimes see in missionaries with their converts ; he was natural and human . A ...
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