RomanceOne of three novels on which Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford collaborated, Romance tells the story of John Kemp, who dreams of adventure but has never set foot beyond the boundary of the family farm. Kemp gets more than he bargained for when adventure comes knocking in the form of two Spanish travelers who need help. |
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... soul I know outside five miles from here . Besides , he's friends in the Indies . That's where I want to go , and he could give me a cast . You remember what Tomas Castro said . " " Rooksby came to a sudden halt , and began furiously to ...
... soul I know outside five miles from here . Besides , he's friends in the Indies . That's where I want to go , and he could give me a cast . You remember what Tomas Castro said . " " Rooksby came to a sudden halt , and began furiously to ...
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... soul stirring abroad . On the blind of an inn the shadow of a bearded man held the shadow of a rummer to its mouth . " Here , That ' ll be my uncle , " Rangsley said . He'll be the man to do your errand . " He called to one of the men ...
... soul stirring abroad . On the blind of an inn the shadow of a bearded man held the shadow of a rummer to its mouth . " Here , That ' ll be my uncle , " Rangsley said . He'll be the man to do your errand . " He called to one of the men ...
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... soul - I gave him credit for a high soul - could put up with the squalid ferocity with which I credited Castro . It seemed to hang in the air round the grotesque raggedness of the saturnine brown man . Carlos had made Spain too hot to ...
... soul - I gave him credit for a high soul - could put up with the squalid ferocity with which I credited Castro . It seemed to hang in the air round the grotesque raggedness of the saturnine brown man . Carlos had made Spain too hot to ...
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... soul on board . Carlos answered me with one of his nervous and angry smiles . “ Ah , Juan mine , do not ask too many questions ! I wish you could come with me all the way , but I cannot tell you all I know . I do not even myself know ...
... soul on board . Carlos answered me with one of his nervous and angry smiles . “ Ah , Juan mine , do not ask too many questions ! I wish you could come with me all the way , but I cannot tell you all I know . I do not even myself know ...
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... soul , it is , indeed , a blessed , fertile country , full of beauty and of well - disposed hearts . I have never failed since to say every day an especial prayer for its return to our holy mother , the Church . Because I love it . " I ...
... soul , it is , indeed , a blessed , fertile country , full of beauty and of well - disposed hearts . I have never failed since to say every day an especial prayer for its return to our holy mother , the Church . Because I love it . " I ...
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