Lie Down in Darkness: A NovelBobbs-Merrill, 1951 - 400 pages |
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Page 185
... eyes . These other eyes tragic and sweet and sorrowful : deep and old as time , my father said ; it was like looking into two pieces of coal that had lain for ten million years in darkness . Pausing . Then he said , ' Sonny , ' that was ...
... eyes . These other eyes tragic and sweet and sorrowful : deep and old as time , my father said ; it was like looking into two pieces of coal that had lain for ten million years in darkness . Pausing . Then he said , ' Sonny , ' that was ...
Page 196
... eyes watered and his head ached and he was afraid . If only he could get to the car for a moment , if only he could go somewhere and concentrate and think things over " Milton ! " He turned . Smiling , Hubert MacPhail bore swiftly down ...
... eyes watered and his head ached and he was afraid . If only he could get to the car for a moment , if only he could go somewhere and concentrate and think things over " Milton ! " He turned . Smiling , Hubert MacPhail bore swiftly down ...
Page 398
... eyes grew sad , caressing the throng . " Well , my people , it do seem to me dat we got a long way yet . De hand of de Lawd is against de sinful and de unjust , and de candle of de wicked is put out . But mo ' time to pass yet and de eyes ...
... eyes grew sad , caressing the throng . " Well , my people , it do seem to me dat we got a long way yet . De hand of de Lawd is against de sinful and de unjust , and de candle of de wicked is put out . But mo ' time to pass yet and de eyes ...
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