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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 ...
Page 40
Later , perhaps , I may be dead . I am very ill . ” He was undoubtedly ill .
Campaigning in Spain , exposure in England in a rainy time , and then the
ducking when we came on board , had done him no good . He looked moodily at
the sea .
Later , perhaps , I may be dead . I am very ill . ” He was undoubtedly ill .
Campaigning in Spain , exposure in England in a rainy time , and then the
ducking when we came on board , had done him no good . He looked moodily at
the sea .
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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 adiMy whole body seemed to go dead
all over . I happened to look downwards at my hands ; they were extraordinarily
white , with the veins standing out all over them . They felt as if they had been ...
He shouted : “ Adiós , viejo , para siempre adiMy whole body seemed to go dead
all over . I happened to look downwards at my hands ; they were extraordinarily
white , with the veins standing out all over them . They felt as if they had been ...
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Page 302 - and then, in an insinuating, heart-breaking tone, "Senorita! . . ." She walked quietly past the figure of the woman, and disappeared in the brilliant light of the cabin. The door closed. I remained standing there. Manuel, at her disappearance, raised his voice to a tremendous, incessant yell of despair, as if he expected to make her hear.
Page 138 - Carlos, who understood fully the very great risks I ran in going to Havana in the ship that picked me up, had made use of O'Brien's own picaroons to save me from him. That was the story. Towards the end his breath came fast and short; there was a flush on his face; his eyes
Page 308 - and I'll have to give you the sack." "It's all right, captain. I can turn her round my little finger," said the young man cheerily. "Somebody has to do it if you won't—or can't. What shall we do with that yelping Dago? He's a distressful beast to have about the decks.
Page 88 - I looked at him, quite startled by this view of my case. He extended one plump hand towards me, and still further lowered his voice. "Now, I offer you a good berth, a snug berth. And 'tis a pretty spot." He got a sort of languorous honey into his voice, and drawled out, "The—the
Page 314 - Don Juan ever ask himself what Manuel could do to me—Tomas Castro? To me, who am poor and a vagabond, and a friend of Don Carlos, may his soul rest with God. Are all you English like princes that you should never think of anybody but yourselves?
Page 226 - Go back." It had no effect. More of them crowded in, though, of course, the greater part of that mob remained outside. The black rolled big eyes. He could not stop them; he did not like to leave his post; he dared not fire. "Go back; go back,
Page 38 - committed indiscretions, or quarrelled—and all these people quarrel, why, God knows—that Irish devil could hang many persons, even myself, or take vengeance on your worship." Carlos was silent as if in a reverie. At last he said: "But if affairs are like this, it would be well to have one more with us. The
Page 461 - Seraphina, and got drowned. Nichols! Who's Nichols? On that showing you are Nichols. Anybody may be Nichols. Who has ever seen him outside Rio Medio? I used to believe in him at one time, but, upon my word I begin to doubt whether there ever was such a man.
Page 223 - Casa? Murder forbade me even as much as to look out of the windows. Was there a ship outside? Cesar was positive there was not—not since I had arrived. Besides, the empty sea itself was unattainable, it seemed. I pressed the seal to my lips.
Page 298 - Forget Manuel! Impossible! Manuel, Sefior. For the love of God. Manuel. Manuel-del-Popolo. I did sing, deign to remember. I offered you my fidelity, Sefior. As you are a caballero, I charge you to remember. Save me, Sefior. Speak to those men. . . . For the sake of your honour,
Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance: A Novel Volume 7 of Complete works, Joseph Conrad |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1924 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 9 Mar 2007 |
| Length | 541 pages |
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