 The Zangiacomo band was not making music; it was simply murdering silence with a vulgar, ferocious energy. One felt as if witnessing a deed of violence...  Victory: An Island Tale - Page 77by Joseph Conrad - 1915 - 415 pagesFull view - About this book
 | JOSEP CONRAD - 1921
...and, so to speak, more contrary to his genius, than this rude exhibition of vigour. The Zangiacomo band was not making music; it was simply murdering...from the unnatural spectacle of their indifference. animation and interest in their faces, and the women in white muslin dresses were coming down in pairs... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1921
...and, so to speak, more contrary to his genius, than this rude exhibition of vigour. The Zangiacomo band was not making music; it was simply murdering...was so strong that it seemed marvellous to see the poeple sitting so quietly on their chairs, drinking so calmly out of their glasses, and giving no signs... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1923
...and, so to speak, more contrary to his genius, than this rude exhibition of vigour. The Zangiacomo band was not making music; it was simply murdering...was so strong that it seemed marvellous to see the poeple sitting so quietly on their chairs, drinking so calmly out of their glasses, and giving no signs... | |
 | Christopher Lane - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 326 pages
...desire to continue watching "this rude exhibition of vigour, . . . [an] unnatural spectacle . . . [that] was simply murdering silence with a vulgar, ferocious...energy. One felt as if witnessing a deed of violence" (112). The impact of these sensations derives from Heyst's characterization of the scene's excess and... | |
 | Kenneth Burke, William Howe Rueckert - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2007 - 315 pages
...description of the scene in which Heyst has his first fatal meeting with Lena: The Zangiacomo hand was not making music; it was simply murdering silence...glasses, and giving no signs of distress, anger or fear. Particularly we note such a moment because it characterizes a "first," the time when Heyst and Lena... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1929 - 396 pages
...and, so to speak, more contrary to his genius, than this rude exhibition of vigour. The Zangiacomo band was not making music; it was simply murdering...was so strong that it seemed marvellous to see the poeple sitting so quietly on their chairs, drinking so calmly out of their glasses, and giving no signs... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1921
...rude exhibition of vigour. The Zangiacomo band was not making music; it was simply murdering eilence with a vulgar, ferocious energy. One felt as if witnessing...was so strong that it seemed marvellous to see the poeple sitting so quietly on their chairs, drinking so calmly out of their glasses, and giving no signs... | |
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