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Nostromo a Tale of the Seaboard

By: Joseph Conrad

... Don Jose Avellanos, and, with a lingering, tender, faithful glance at the medallion-memorial to Martin Decoud, going out serenely into the sunshine o... ... might fall of their legitimate expectations, no gang in possession of the Presidential Palace would be so incompetent as to suffer itself to be baffl... ... form of church- building amused Mrs. Gould) was looked upon by his fellow-citizens as the manifestation of a pious and humble spirit. But in his own ... ...sure rock on the plateau below. The heads of gangs, distinguished by brass medals hanging on their bare breasts, mar- 93 Joseph Conrad shalled their ... ...) had 107 Joseph Conrad certainly helped so greatly in bringing about the presidential tour that he began to think that there was something in the fa... ...t quite safe for anybody of mark to stay away from these manifestations of presidential piety. Having thus acknowledged the only power he was at all d... ...nse! The idea of that Chief of the State engaged, with the help of private citizens, in dig- ging a mine under his own indispensable War Min- ister. N... ...e largesse. What he began was a speech. He began it with the shouted word “Citizens!” which reached even those in the middle of the Plaza. After- ward... ... old school, a true Hidalgo, beloved by everybody who knew him. The marble medallion in the wall, in the antique style, representing a veiled woman se...

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Life on the Mississippi

By: Mark Twain

...backward into the stream, leaving wide gaps in the serried rank of steamers. Citizens crowd the decks of boats that are not to go, in order to see the... ...was landed in the eddy just above the town, and through the exertions of the citizens the cabin passengers, officers, and part of the crew and deck pa... ... rab bit—limbs and features merged together, not strongly de fined; pewter presidential campaign medal; miniature card board wood sawyer, to be att... ...atures merged together, not strongly de fined; pewter presidential campaign medal; miniature card board wood sawyer, to be attached to the stove pip... ...ench names which nevertheless hap pened to be borne by living and sensitive citizens of New Orleans. His names were either inventions or were borrowe...

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