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Page xi
... have fastened on to him many words heard on other men's lips and belonging to other men's less perfect , less pathetic moods . The same observation will apply mutatis mutandis to Mr. Jones , who is built on a much AUTHOR'S NOTE x.
... have fastened on to him many words heard on other men's lips and belonging to other men's less perfect , less pathetic moods . The same observation will apply mutatis mutandis to Mr. Jones , who is built on a much AUTHOR'S NOTE x.
Page xii
Joseph Conrad. to Mr. Jones , who is built on a much slenderer con- nection . Mr. Jones ( or whatever his name was ) did not drift away from me . He turned his back on me and walked out of the room . It was in a little hotel in the ...
Joseph Conrad. to Mr. Jones , who is built on a much slenderer con- nection . Mr. Jones ( or whatever his name was ) did not drift away from me . He turned his back on me and walked out of the room . It was in a little hotel in the ...
Page 103
... Jones - put that down -a gentleman at large . And this is Ricardo . " The pock - marked man , lying prostrate in another long chair , made a grimace , as if something had tickled the end of his nose , but did not come out of his ...
... Jones - put that down -a gentleman at large . And this is Ricardo . " The pock - marked man , lying prostrate in another long chair , made a grimace , as if something had tickled the end of his nose , but did not come out of his ...
Page 104
... Jones " disconcerted Schomberg utterly . He had never been spoken to like this in his life . He shook his head in silence and withdrew , not exactly scared - though he was in reality of a timid disposition under his manly exterior - but ...
... Jones " disconcerted Schomberg utterly . He had never been spoken to like this in his life . He shook his head in silence and withdrew , not exactly scared - though he was in reality of a timid disposition under his manly exterior - but ...
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... Jones . " " Impudent , overbearing , swindling sharper , " he went on . “ I have a good mind to He was beside himself in his lurid , heavy , Teutonic manner , so unlike the picturesque , lively rage of the Latin races ; and though his ...
... Jones . " " Impudent , overbearing , swindling sharper , " he went on . “ I have a good mind to He was beside himself in his lurid , heavy , Teutonic manner , so unlike the picturesque , lively rage of the Latin races ; and though his ...
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