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Page 97
... round eyes , a round nose , and a round face , a man of forty - five per- haps ; he does not welcome the arriving guest , but puts obsta- cles in the way of his taking a room or having dinner and has to be persuaded to provide him with ...
... round eyes , a round nose , and a round face , a man of forty - five per- haps ; he does not welcome the arriving guest , but puts obsta- cles in the way of his taking a room or having dinner and has to be persuaded to provide him with ...
Page 142
... round the island , but it is so rough and uneven that it tears your feet to pieces . In the pools fish dart about ... round with a kind of horrible stealth . The rod was merely a bamboo , and to this a line was attached . The big black ...
... round the island , but it is so rough and uneven that it tears your feet to pieces . In the pools fish dart about ... round with a kind of horrible stealth . The rod was merely a bamboo , and to this a line was attached . The big black ...
Page 205
... round us . My first impulse was to swim for the shore , but R. shouted to Gerald and me to cling to the boat . For two or three minutes we did this . I expected that the waves would pass as the Bore swept up the river and that in a few ...
... round us . My first impulse was to swim for the shore , but R. shouted to Gerald and me to cling to the boat . For two or three minutes we did this . I expected that the waves would pass as the Bore swept up the river and that in a few ...
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