... words, this unbelief in the importance of things and men? He tried to regain possession of himself, his old self which had things to do, words to speak as well as to hear. But it was too difficult. He was seduced away by the tense feeling of existence... The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows - Page 432by Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 381 pagesFull view - About this book
| Joseph Conrad - 1924 - 496 pages
...being alive that he felt not so sure. He had no doubt of his existence; but was this life — this profound indifference, this strange contempt for what...tide, without speech, without movement, without heat! Indestructible — and, perhaps, immortal! vn WITH the sublime indifference of a man who has had a... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 510 pages
...presence in the Council room. Belarab was awake. tempt for what his eyes could see, this distaste for words, this unbelief in the importance of things and...tide, without speech, without movement, without heat! Indestructible — and, perhaps, immortal! vn WITH the sublime indifference of a man who has had a... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1925 - 494 pages
...— this profound indifference, this strange contempt for what his eyes could see, this distaste for words, this unbelief in the importance of things and...tide, without speech, without movement, without heat! Indestructible — and, perhaps, immortal! vn WITH the sublime indifference of a man who has had a... | |
| Joseph Conrad - Lingard, Tom (Fictitious character) - 1924 - 488 pages
...presence in the Council room. Belarab was awake. tempt for what his eyes could see, this distaste for words, this unbelief in the importance of things and...tide, without speech, without movement, without heat! Indestructible — and, perhaps, immortal ! vn WITH the sublime indifference of a man who has had a... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1925 - 484 pages
...words to speak as well as to hear. But it was too difficult. He was seduced away by the tense f eeling of existence far superior to the mere consciousness...tide, without speech, without movement, without heat! Indestructible — and, perhaps, immortal! VII WITH the sublime indifference of a man who has had a... | |
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