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Page 4
She spoke as if the words clung to her lips ; as if she had to put them forth
delicately for fear of damaging the frail things . She raised her long hand to a
white flower that clung above her ear like the pen of a clerk , and disappeared .
Ramon ...
She spoke as if the words clung to her lips ; as if she had to put them forth
delicately for fear of damaging the frail things . She raised her long hand to a
white flower that clung above her ear like the pen of a clerk , and disappeared .
Ramon ...
Page 14
At the steep of the hill the men and horses came into sight against the white sky ,
a confused crowd of ominous things . " Turn that lanthorn off'n me , ” the
horseman said . “ Don't you see you frighten my horse ? Now , boys , get round
them .
At the steep of the hill the men and horses came into sight against the white sky ,
a confused crowd of ominous things . " Turn that lanthorn off'n me , ” the
horseman said . “ Don't you see you frighten my horse ? Now , boys , get round
them .
Page 17
CHAPTER III T HE spirit of the age has changed ; everything has changed so
utterly that one can hardly believe in the existence of one's earlier self . But I can
still remember how , at that moment , I made the acquaintance of my heart — a
thing ...
CHAPTER III T HE spirit of the age has changed ; everything has changed so
utterly that one can hardly believe in the existence of one's earlier self . But I can
still remember how , at that moment , I made the acquaintance of my heart — a
thing ...
Page 22
He's as drunk as a king , " he commented to us ; " but when you've said a thing
three times , he remembers - hark to him . " The drunken voice from below kept
up ā constant babble of , Three men to be set aboard Thames three men to be set
...
He's as drunk as a king , " he commented to us ; " but when you've said a thing
three times , he remembers - hark to him . " The drunken voice from below kept
up ā constant babble of , Three men to be set aboard Thames three men to be set
...
Page 23
A thing that was “ unnatural to Jack Rangsley — the man of darkness , who lived
forever as if in the shadow of the gallowswas a thing to be avoided . He was for
me nearly as romantic a figure as Carlos himself , but for his forbidding darkness
...
A thing that was “ unnatural to Jack Rangsley — the man of darkness , who lived
forever as if in the shadow of the gallowswas a thing to be avoided . He was for
me nearly as romantic a figure as Carlos himself , but for his forbidding darkness
...
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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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