 Odious enough, I dare say. And you, of course — not being a married man — were free to step in. Ah, well!" He sat down in the stern-sheets, and already had the steering lines in his hands when Heyst observed abruptly : "The world is a bad dog. It...  Victory: An Island Tale - Page 64by Joseph Conrad - 1915 - 415 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 440 pages
...a married man — were free to step in. Ah, well!" He sat down in the stern-sheets, and already had the steering lines in his hands when Heyst observed...of defying the fates — to take a woman in tow!" vn SOME considerable time afterward — we did not meet very often — I asked Davidson how he had... | |
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...being a married man—were free to step in. Ah, well!" He sat down in the stern-sheets, and already had the steering lines in his hands when Heyst observed...Davidson's only comment was: "Funny notion of defying the fates—to take a woman in tow!" VII SOME considerable time afterward—we did not meet very often—I... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 446 pages
...a married man — were free to step in. Ah, well!" He sat down in the stern-sheets, and already had the steering lines in his hands when Heyst observed...of defying the fates — to take a woman in tow!" vn SOME considerable time afterward — we did not meet very often — I asked Davidson how he had... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 444 pages
...being a married man—were free to step in. Ah, well!" He sat down in the stem-sheets, and already had the steering lines in his hands when Heyst observed...Davidson's only comment was: "Funny notion of defying the fates—to take a woman in tow!" vn SOME considerable time afterward—we did not meet very often—I... | |
 | Education - 1915 - 596 pages
...the stream of ii8 EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS life and wounded one against the rocks. The world (he said) is a bad dog. It will bite you if you give it a chance. He thought to avoid its teeth by becoming a wanderer, without ties, without hopes, a silent, faintly... | |
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...which is allotted to us whether we want it or not, but now I have done with observation, too. . . . The world is a bad dog. It will bite you if you give...but I think that here we can safely defy the fates.' " (I, 6.) There on his island, deeply in love with a girl who adores him, surrounded by relics of the... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 432 pages
...a married man — were free to step in. Ah, well!" He sat down in the stern-sheets, and already had the steering lines in his hands when Heyst observed...of defying the fates — to take a woman in tow!" vn SOME considerable time afterward — we did not meet very often — I asked Davidson how he had... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1929 - 430 pages
...free to step in. Ah, well!" He sat down in the stern-sheets, and already had the steering lines hi his hands when Heyst observed abruptly: "The world...of defying the fates — to take a woman in tow!" vn SOME considerable time afterward — we did not meet very often — I asked Davidson how he had... | |
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