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If of all the personages involved in the “mystery of Samburan” I have lived longest
with Heyst (or with him I call Heyst) it was at her, whom I call Lena, that I have
looked the longest and with a most sustained attention. This attention Criginated
in ...
If of all the personages involved in the “mystery of Samburan” I have lived longest
with Heyst (or with him I call Heyst) it was at her, whom I call Lena, that I have
looked the longest and with a most sustained attention. This attention Criginated
in ...
Page 10
He was tall and lantern-jawed, and clean-shaven, and looked like a barrister who
had thrown his wig to the dogs. We used to remonstrate with him: “You will never
see any of your advances if you go on like this, Morrison.” He would put on a ...
He was tall and lantern-jawed, and clean-shaven, and looked like a barrister who
had thrown his wig to the dogs. We used to remonstrate with him: “You will never
see any of your advances if you go on like this, Morrison.” He would put on a ...
Page 12
... the table, his eyes bloodshot, his voice nearly gone, the brim of his round pith
hat shading an unshaven, livid face. His white clothes, which he had not taken off
for three days, were dingy. He looked already gone to the bad, past redemption.
... the table, his eyes bloodshot, his voice nearly gone, the brim of his round pith
hat shading an unshaven, livid face. His white clothes, which he had not taken off
for three days, were dingy. He looked already gone to the bad, past redemption.
Page 20
He blossomed out into something definite. He filled the public eye as the
manager on the spot of the Tropical Belt Coal Company with offices in London
and Amsterdam, and other things about it that sounded and looked grandiose.
The offices ...
He blossomed out into something definite. He filled the public eye as the
manager on the spot of the Tropical Belt Coal Company with offices in London
and Amsterdam, and other things about it that sounded and looked grandiose.
The offices ...
Page 21
It appears that he stayed with a Dutch government doctor in Amboyna, a friend of
his who looked after him for a bit in his bungalow. He became visible again rather
suddenly, his eyes sunk in his head, and with a sort of guarded attitude, as if ...
It appears that he stayed with a Dutch government doctor in Amboyna, a friend of
his who looked after him for a bit in his bungalow. He became visible again rather
suddenly, his eyes sunk in his head, and with a sort of guarded attitude, as if ...
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| Title | Victory The modern library of the world's best books The modern library |
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
| Publisher | Random House, 1915 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 13 Aug 2015 |
| Length | 385 pages |
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