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His heart pounded within him like an exultant hand upon a door . The pride of possession , co - mingling with an ineffable and uncontrite regret , took him in the throat , constricting as a sob - he knew the consummate complexity of ...
His heart pounded within him like an exultant hand upon a door . The pride of possession , co - mingling with an ineffable and uncontrite regret , took him in the throat , constricting as a sob - he knew the consummate complexity of ...
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A hand was reaching upwards from the ground . A man's hand . A big hand . It was passing over the white orchids -- waveringly - as if it were trying to touch them - almost to stroke them . And in passing it was as if it was leaving a ...
A hand was reaching upwards from the ground . A man's hand . A big hand . It was passing over the white orchids -- waveringly - as if it were trying to touch them - almost to stroke them . And in passing it was as if it was leaving a ...
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On the other hand , the monsoon , that dread monster of Himalayan climbing , was two days away , and to retreat now would mean condemning ... were also fit , and determined to squeeze the last ounce from the hands of a niggardly fate .
On the other hand , the monsoon , that dread monster of Himalayan climbing , was two days away , and to retreat now would mean condemning ... were also fit , and determined to squeeze the last ounce from the hands of a niggardly fate .
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THE DUEL OF THE FRIGATES BY VICTOR ALLAN | 42 |
A LITTLE SOMETHING BY GORDON MEYER | 137 |
A MILITARY APPRECIATION OF BRITISH INDUSTRY BY BRIGADIER | 157 |
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