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Page 8
Ralph ' s land was just on the other side of the Street , and the shepherds on the
downs used to see of nights a dead - and - gone Rooksby , Sir Peter that was ,
ride upon it past the quarry with his head under his arm . I don ' t think I believed
in ...
Ralph ' s land was just on the other side of the Street , and the shepherds on the
downs used to see of nights a dead - and - gone Rooksby , Sir Peter that was ,
ride upon it past the quarry with his head under his arm . I don ' t think I believed
in ...
Page 13
Against the glimmer of dead light I thought I caught the outlines of a man ' s hat
down among the tossing lines of the bracken . I whispered loudly : “ Carlos !
Carlos ! ” There was a moment of hoarse whispering ; a sudden gruff sound . A
shaft of ...
Against the glimmer of dead light I thought I caught the outlines of a man ' s hat
down among the tossing lines of the bracken . I whispered loudly : “ Carlos !
Carlos ! ” There was a moment of hoarse whispering ; a sudden gruff sound . A
shaft of ...
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Later , perhaps , I may be dead . I am ve ill . ” He was undoubtedly ill .
Campaigning in Spain , € posure in England in a rainy time , and then the ducki
when we came on board , had done him no good . ] looked moodily at the sea . “ I
wish you ...
Later , perhaps , I may be dead . I am ve ill . ” He was undoubtedly ill .
Campaigning in Spain , € posure in England in a rainy time , and then the ducki
when we came on board , had done him no good . ] looked moodily at the sea . “ I
wish you ...
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It ' s a kind of dead reckoning yeh hevn ' t had call to make . Eh ? ” “ What do you
mean ? ” I asked , bewildered . He looked at me , grinning , half naked , with
amused contempt , for quite a long time , and at last offered sardonically to open
my ...
It ' s a kind of dead reckoning yeh hevn ' t had call to make . Eh ? ” “ What do you
mean ? ” I asked , bewildered . He looked at me , grinning , half naked , with
amused contempt , for quite a long time , and at last offered sardonically to open
my ...
Page 75
He shouted : “ Adiós , viejo , para siempre adi — " My whole body seemed to go
dead all over . I hap - / pened to look downwards at my hands ; they were
extraordinarily white , with the veins standing out all over them . They felt as if
they had ...
He shouted : “ Adiós , viejo , para siempre adi — " My whole body seemed to go
dead all over . I hap - / pened to look downwards at my hands ; they were
extraordinarily white , with the veins standing out all over them . They felt as if
they had ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance: A Novel Volume 13 of The Concord edition of the works of Joseph Conrad |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1923 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2008 |
| ISBN | 074262658X, 9780742626584 |
| Length | 541 pages |
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