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The other hand paused in the act of conveying a pinch of snuff to the nostrils of
the hooked nose that had , on the skin stretched tight over the bridge , the polish
of old ivory ; the elbow pressing the black cocked hat against the side ; the legs ...
The other hand paused in the act of conveying a pinch of snuff to the nostrils of
the hooked nose that had , on the skin stretched tight over the bridge , the polish
of old ivory ; the elbow pressing the black cocked hat against the side ; the legs ...
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A side door opened , and I saw into a lighted room filled with wreaths of smoke .
A paunchy man in a bob wig , with a blue coat and Windsor buttons , holding a
churchwarden pipe in his right hand and a pewter quart in his left , came towards
...
A side door opened , and I saw into a lighted room filled with wreaths of smoke .
A paunchy man in a bob wig , with a blue coat and Windsor buttons , holding a
churchwarden pipe in his right hand and a pewter quart in his left , came towards
...
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His head was knotted in a red , white - spotted handkerchief ; his grizzled beard
was tangled ; he wore a black and rusty cloak , ragged at the edges , and his feet
were often bare ; at his side would lie his wooden right hand . As a rule , the ...
His head was knotted in a red , white - spotted handkerchief ; his grizzled beard
was tangled ; he wore a black and rusty cloak , ragged at the edges , and his feet
were often bare ; at his side would lie his wooden right hand . As a rule , the ...
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Don't you know a flagship when you see it ? " a voice grumbled surlily . “ Admiral
Rowley's , " it continued . Then it rumbled out some remarks about “ pirates ,
vermin , coast of Cuba . ” Carlos came to the side , and looked after the man - of ...
Don't you know a flagship when you see it ? " a voice grumbled surlily . “ Admiral
Rowley's , " it continued . Then it rumbled out some remarks about “ pirates ,
vermin , coast of Cuba . ” Carlos came to the side , and looked after the man - of ...
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... very much on one side , and his great hump portending over his little white face
, and ruffling up his ragged black hair . Mrs. Macdonald clacked all the scandal of
the Vale , and the Buckatoro Journal got the benefit of it all , with adornments .
... very much on one side , and his great hump portending over his little white face
, and ruffling up his ragged black hair . Mrs. Macdonald clacked all the scandal of
the Vale , and the Buckatoro Journal got the benefit of it all , with adornments .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance: A Novel |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1914 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 1 Jul 2013 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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