The Works of Joseph Conrad, Հատոր 5W. Heinemann, 1921 |
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... ship you will have to work . ' I said I had to work in every ship I had ever been in . ' Ah , but this is different , and you gentlemen out of them big ships ; . . . but there ! I dare say you will do . Join to - morrow . ' 66 I joined ...
... ship you will have to work . ' I said I had to work in every ship I had ever been in . ' Ah , but this is different , and you gentlemen out of them big ships ; . . . but there ! I dare say you will do . Join to - morrow . ' 66 I joined ...
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... ship tossing about like mad on her side ; there we all were , Jermyn , the captain , every one , hardly able to keep our feet , engaged on that gravedigger's work , and trying to toss shovelfuls of wet sand up to windward . At every ...
... ship tossing about like mad on her side ; there we all were , Jermyn , the captain , every one , hardly able to keep our feet , engaged on that gravedigger's work , and trying to toss shovelfuls of wet sand up to windward . At every ...
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Joseph Conrad. with a great flourish of shovels . One of the ship's boys ( we had two ) , impressed by the weirdness of the scene , wept as if his heart would break . We could hear him blubbering somewhere in the shadows . " On the third ...
Joseph Conrad. with a great flourish of shovels . One of the ship's boys ( we had two ) , impressed by the weirdness of the scene , wept as if his heart would break . We could hear him blubbering somewhere in the shadows . " On the third ...
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... ship was going from us piecemeal : the bulwarks went , the stanchions were torn out , the ventilators smashed , the cabin - door burst in . There was not a dry spot in the ship . She was being gutted bit by bit . The long - boat changed ...
... ship was going from us piecemeal : the bulwarks went , the stanchions were torn out , the ventilators smashed , the cabin - door burst in . There was not a dry spot in the ship . She was being gutted bit by bit . The long - boat changed ...
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... ship strained . We put her head for home , and - would you believe it ? The wind came east right in our teeth . It blew fresh , it blew continuously . We had to beat up every inch of the way , but she did not leak so badly , the water ...
... ship strained . We put her head for home , and - would you believe it ? The wind came east right in our teeth . It blew fresh , it blew continuously . We had to beat up every inch of the way , but she did not leak so badly , the water ...
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Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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!
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.