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" It was not distinguished — that could not be expected — but the features had more fineness than those of any other feminine countenance he had ever had the opportunity to observe so closely. There was in it something indefinably audacious and infinitely... "
Victory - Page 74
by Joseph Conrad - 1924 - 412 pages
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Victory

Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 446 pages
...earnestly that Heyst asked, in his faintly playful tone: "Is it your wish that I should leave you?" "I can't tell you how indignant I am," said Heyst....you sing as well as play? " he asked her abruptly. tad much reason to sing since I was little," she added. That inelegant phrase, by the mere vibrating,...
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The Works of Joseph Conrad: The shadow line

Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 444 pages
...observe so closely. There was in it something indefinably audacious and infinitely miserable—because the temperament and the existence of that girl were...you sing as well as play? " he asked her abruptly. bad much reason to sing since I was little," she added. That inelegant phrase, by the mere vibrating,...
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Essays by Divers Hands: Being the Transactions of the Royal Society of ...

Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) - English literature - 1926 - 194 pages
...Joseph Conrad's novel, ' Victory.' " It seduced (her lover) Heyst by its amazing quality. . . . He drank in its charm as one listens to the tone of some instrument without heeding the tune. . . . By the mere vibrating, warm nobility of sound, (it) found its way into his heart. His mind cool,...
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Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom, London

Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) - English literature - 1926 - 196 pages
...its poise, intonations, modulations, timbre, are Christina Rossetti's. One can drink in their charms as one listens to the tone of some instrument without heeding the tune. Its music sinks into the heart, deep down, where our unexpressed longings lie. It is the language of...
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Joseph Conrad--comparative Essays

Adam Gillon - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 318 pages
...the sound of the girl's voice produces a distinctly erotic impact. In Victory, for example, we find "But her voice! It seduced Heyst by its amazing quality....tone of some instrument without heeding the tune" (74). Her voice sets her apart: "The rare timbre of her voice gave special value to what she uttered....
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Brüchiges Seemannsgarn: Mündlichkeit und Schriftlichkeit im Werk Joseph Conrads

Julika Griem - 1995 - 348 pages
...beispielsweise in den folgenden Textstellen aus Victory, The Arrow of Gold, The Rescue und "A Smile of Fortune": But her voice! It seduced Heyst by its amazing quality....tone of some instrument without heeding the tune. Her voice was low pitched, penetrating, and of the most seductive gentleness. (A 67) [...] she went...
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The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad, Volume 15

Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 432 pages
...earnestly that Heyst asked, in his faintly playful tone : "Is it your wish that I should leave you?" "I can't tell you how indignant I am," said Heyst....you sing as well as play? " he asked her abruptly. had much reason to sing since I was little," she added. That inelegant phrase, by the mere vibrating,...
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Victory, an Island Tale

Joseph Conrad - 1929 - 430 pages
...again, temporarily, only to rebound, as it were. At last they steadied in contact, but by that tune, say some fifteen minutes from the moment when they...you sing as well as play? " he asked her abruptly. had much reason to sing since I was little," she added. That inelegant phrase, by the mere vibrating,...
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