The Works of Joseph Conrad, Tom 5W. Heinemann, 1921 |
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... fool of a steamer smashed . ' 6 " It wasn't much , but it delayed us three weeks . At the end of that time , the captain being engaged with his agents , I carried Mrs. Beard's bag to the railway station and put her all comfy into a ...
... fool of a steamer smashed . ' 6 " It wasn't much , but it delayed us three weeks . At the end of that time , the captain being engaged with his agents , I carried Mrs. Beard's bag to the railway station and put her all comfy into a ...
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... fools ! . . . I don't believe they know what is safe or what is good for them , any more than you or I. ' " And after some more talk we agreed that the wisdom of rats had been grossly overrated , being in fact no greater than that of ...
... fools ! . . . I don't believe they know what is safe or what is good for them , any more than you or I. ' " And after some more talk we agreed that the wisdom of rats had been grossly overrated , being in fact no greater than that of ...
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... I perceived with annoyance the fool was trying to tilt the bench . I said curtly , ' Don't , Chips , ' and immediately became aware of a queer sensation , of an absurd delusion - I seemed somehow to be in the air . I heard all YOUTH 25.
... I perceived with annoyance the fool was trying to tilt the bench . I said curtly , ' Don't , Chips , ' and immediately became aware of a queer sensation , of an absurd delusion - I seemed somehow to be in the air . I heard all YOUTH 25.
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... fool about much longer , ' I said indignantly . I walked up to the skipper and shook him by the shoulder . At last he opened his eyes , but did not move . ' Time to leave her , sir , ' I said quietly . " " 6 He got up painfully , looked ...
... fool about much longer , ' I said indignantly . I walked up to the skipper and shook him by the shoulder . At last he opened his eyes , but did not move . ' Time to leave her , sir , ' I said quietly . " " 6 He got up painfully , looked ...
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... fool as I look , quoth Plato to his disciples , ' he said sententiously , emptied his glass with great resolution , and we rose . " The old doctor felt my pulse , evidently think- ing of something else the while . ' Good , good for ...
... fool as I look , quoth Plato to his disciples , ' he said sententiously , emptied his glass with great resolution , and we rose . " The old doctor felt my pulse , evidently think- ing of something else the while . ' Good , good for ...
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Strona 62 - Now when I was a little chap I had a passion for maps. I would look for hours at South America, or Africa, or Australia, and lose myself in all the glories of exploration. At that time there were many blank spaces on the earth, and when I saw one that looked particularly inviting on a map (but they all look that) I would put my finger on it and say, When I grow up I will go there.
Strona 105 - The great wall of vegetation, an exuberant and entangled mass of trunks, branches, leaves, boughs, festoons, motionless in the moonlight, was like a rioting invasion of soundless life, a rolling wave of plants, piled up, crested, ready to topple over the creek, to sweep every little man of us out of his little existence.
Strona 50 - But for me all the East is contained in that vision of my youth. It is all in that moment when I opened my young eyes on it. I came upon it from a tussle with the sea— and I was young— and I saw it looking at me. And this is all that is left of it! Only a moment; a moment of strength, of romance, of glamour— of youth!
Strona 61 - I did once turn fresh-water sailor for a bit," that we knew we were fated, before the ebb began to run, to hear about one of Marlow's inconclusive experiences. "I don't want to bother you much with what happened to me personally...
Strona 43 - I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more— the feeling that I could last forever, outlast the sea, the earth, and all men...
Strona 73 - ... paddled by black fellows. You could see from afar the white of their eyeballs glistening. They shouted, sang; their bodies streamed with perspiration; they had faces like grotesque masks— these chaps; but they had bone, muscle, a wild vitality, an intense energy of movement, that was as natural and true as the surf along their coast. They wanted no excuse for being there. They were a great comfort to look at.
Strona 110 - Each station should be like a beacon on the road towards better things, a center for trade of course, but also for humanizing, improving, instructing/' Conceive you that ass! And he wants to be manager! No, it's - ' Here he got choked by excessive indignation, and I lifted my head the least bit. I was surprised to see how near they were - right under me. I could have spat...
Strona 145 - By the simple exercise of our will we can exert a power for good practically unbounded,' etc. etc. From that point he soared and took me with him. The peroration was magnificent, though difficult to remember, you know. It gave me the notion of an exotic Immensity ruled by an august Benevolence. It made me tingle with enthusiasm. This was the unbounded power of eloquence — of words — of burning noble words. There were no practical hints to interrupt the magic current of phrases, unless a kind...
Strona 192 - She came forward, all in black, with a pale head, floating towards me in the dusk. She was in mourning. It was more than a year since his death, more than a year since the news came; she seemed as though she would remember and mourn forever. She took both my hands in hers and murmured, 'I had heard you were coming.
Strona 60 - The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.