The Finding of NorahHoughton Mifflin, 1918 - 91 страница |
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... wanted an outlet for their trade through Constan- tinople , and why Russia must be the one to get it . At this point Norah was struck by the expanse of warm water stretching from Gibraltar to the Adriatic . " It seems only fair that the ...
... wanted an outlet for their trade through Constan- tinople , and why Russia must be the one to get it . At this point Norah was struck by the expanse of warm water stretching from Gibraltar to the Adriatic . " It seems only fair that the ...
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... wanted to send the stock market down and sell ' short ' ? " she asked . " Belief on such slight evidence would seem to imply a touching faith worthy of martyrs , " answered the tutor . Norah laughed , a short , excited laugh . " They ...
... wanted to send the stock market down and sell ' short ' ? " she asked . " Belief on such slight evidence would seem to imply a touching faith worthy of martyrs , " answered the tutor . Norah laughed , a short , excited laugh . " They ...
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... wanted to ask Mr. Marks if he did not think so . The world was in agony . Govern- ments reeled ; there was an upheaval of suppressed people that tore and cracked nations as volcanic action tears and cracks the crust of a planet . And ...
... wanted to ask Mr. Marks if he did not think so . The world was in agony . Govern- ments reeled ; there was an upheaval of suppressed people that tore and cracked nations as volcanic action tears and cracks the crust of a planet . And ...
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... wanted to hold out my hands to them and say , ' Don't , don't , it need n't be like this . Can't we settle it some other way ? " " And then with much eagerness and a little hesitation she told the tutor her idea about open ports for the ...
... wanted to hold out my hands to them and say , ' Don't , don't , it need n't be like this . Can't we settle it some other way ? " " And then with much eagerness and a little hesitation she told the tutor her idea about open ports for the ...
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... wanted us to get entangled , " she said . " Every one has said we were disgraced because we were not entangled . And it is not fair to talk of fanciful notions now , when they are the very same which we all stood for last year in the ...
... wanted us to get entangled , " she said . " Every one has said we were disgraced because we were not entangled . And it is not fair to talk of fanciful notions now , when they are the very same which we all stood for last year in the ...
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