Questions tagged [lloyd-osbourne]
Questions about the works and life of the American writer Samuel Lloyd Osbourne (1868 - 1947).
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Meaning of "Am I clear? Have I a certificate, or what have I to do to get one? And when will it be dated? You can't think what hangs by it!"
(From The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, Chapter XVIII, published 1892)
Passage 286
“Even so, Jim. My questions,” I repeated. “I put questions as well as yourself; and however ...
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Meaning of "My owners'll have to rank with the rest on their charter-party"?
(From The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, Chapter XVI, published 1892)
Passage 256
“All the same,” continued Nares, “you went into the opium-smuggling with your head down; and a ...
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