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Page 5
... which had been her dowry . The alternative would have been a shabby ,
ignominious life at Calais , in the shadow of Brummel and such . My father used
to sit all day by the fire , inscribing “ ideas " every now and then in a pocket - book
.
... which had been her dowry . The alternative would have been a shabby ,
ignominious life at Calais , in the shadow of Brummel and such . My father used
to sit all day by the fire , inscribing “ ideas " every now and then in a pocket - book
.
Page 7
At dusk we shut our doors , pulled down our blinds , sat round the fire , and knew
pretty well what was going on outside . There would be long whistles in the dark ,
and when we found men lurking in our barns we feigned not to see them - it ...
At dusk we shut our doors , pulled down our blinds , sat round the fire , and knew
pretty well what was going on outside . There would be long whistles in the dark ,
and when we found men lurking in our barns we feigned not to see them - it ...
Page 17
... the dusky red fires of the limekilns glowed at the base , sending up a blood -
red dust of sullen smoke . “ I'll swear they think they've dropped straight into hell .
" You'll have to cut the country , John , " he added suddenly , they'll have got your
...
... the dusky red fires of the limekilns glowed at the base , sending up a blood -
red dust of sullen smoke . “ I'll swear they think they've dropped straight into hell .
" You'll have to cut the country , John , " he added suddenly , they'll have got your
...
Page 125
He lived soberly , like a Spaniard , in some hut in the nearest of the villages , with
an old woman who swept the earth floor and cooked his food at an outside fire -
his puchero and tortillas — and rolled for him his provision of cigarettes for the ...
He lived soberly , like a Spaniard , in some hut in the nearest of the villages , with
an old woman who swept the earth floor and cooked his food at an outside fire -
his puchero and tortillas — and rolled for him his provision of cigarettes for the ...
Page 158
My indignation was boundless . I cried out with the fire of deathless conviction . “
It is not true . You know it is not true . ” He was speechless for a time ; then ,
shaking and stammering with that inward rage that seemed to heave like molten
lava ...
My indignation was boundless . I cried out with the fire of deathless conviction . “
It is not true . You know it is not true . ” He was speechless for a time ; then ,
shaking and stammering with that inward rage that seemed to heave like molten
lava ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance: A Novel |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1916 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 28 Aug 2009 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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