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" It cast a spell, it gave joy, it lulled gently into boundless faith; then with quick and causeless anger it killed. But its cruelty was redeemed by the charm of its inscrutable mystery, by the immensity of its promise, by the supreme witchery of its possible... "
An outcast of the islands - Page 12
by Joseph Conrad - 1924
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An Outcast of the Islands, Volumes 1-2

Joseph Conrad - 1896 - 570 pages
...as the hills; deep — deep as an abyss; discreet as the grave. II. THE sea, perhaps because of»its saltness, roughens the outside but keeps sweet the...loving and devoted servants went out armed with fire and iron, and conquering the fear of their own hearts became a calculating crowd of cold and exacting...
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University Lectures Delivered by Members of the ..., Volume 3; Volumes 1915-1916

University of Pennsylvania - Astronomy - 1916 - 592 pages
...the immensity of its promise, by the supreme witchery of its possible favor. Strong men with childish hearts were faithful to it, were content to live by...all mysteries, it lived only in the hearts of its worshipers. The hearts changed; the men changed. The once loving and devoted servants went out armed...
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The Works of Joseph Conrad: An outcast of the islands

Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 390 pages
...goal of his ambition. Hudig's partner! Before going up the steps of his house he stood for awhile, his feet well apart, chin in hand, contemplating mentally...loving and devoted servants went out armed with fire and iron, and conquering 12 the fear of their own hearts became a calculating crowd of cold and exacting...
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An outcast of the islands

Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 392 pages
...faithful to it, were content to live by its grace — to die by its will. That was the sea before the tune when the French mind set the Egyptian muscle in motion...loving and devoted servants went out armed with fire and iron, and conquering 18 the fear of their own hearts became a calculating crowd of cold and exacting...
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The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad: An outcast of the islands

Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 390 pages
...extended to the weaknesses of genius. He would make reparation and all would be as before; nobody would be the loser for it, and he would go on unchecked toward...loving and devoted servants went out armed with fire and iron, and conquering 12 the fear of their own hearts became a calculating crowd of cold and exacting...
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An Outcast of the Islands, Volume 10

Joseph Conrad - Betrayal - 1926 - 386 pages
...extended to the weaknesses of genius. He would make reparation and all would be as before; nobody would be the loser for it, and he would go on unchecked toward...loving and devoted servants went out armed with fire and iron, and conquering the fear of their own hearts became a calculating crowd of cold and exacting...
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An Outcast of the Islands

Joseph Conrad - Betrayal - 1925 - 394 pages
...capricious, enticing, illogical, irresponsible; a thing to love, a thing to fear. It cast a spell, it gave1 joy, it lulled gently into boundless faith; then with...loving and devoted servants went out armed with fire and iron, and conquering the fear of their own hearts became a calculating crowd of cold and exacting...
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Literature and Lore of the Sea

Patricia Ann Carlson - Literary Criticism - 1986 - 312 pages
...to seafaring. One such inflated digression appears near the beginning of An Outcast of the Islands: The hand of the engineer tore down the veil of the terrible beauty [of sailing ships] in order that greedy and faithless landlubbers might pocket dividends. The mystery...
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Rule of Darkness: British Literature and Imperialism, 1830–1914

Patrick Brantlinger - History - 1988 - 326 pages
...Like a beautiful and unscrupulous woman, the sea of the past was glorious. ... It cast a spell ... its cruelty was redeemed by the charm of its inscrutable...might pocket dividends. The mystery was destroyed. . . . The sea of the past was an incomparably beautiful mistress. . . . The sea of today is a used-up...
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The Sea Voyage Narrative

Robert Foulke - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 280 pages
...romantic contrasts: The hand of the engineer tore down the veil of the terrible beauty [of sailing ships] in order that greedy and faithless landlubbers might...loving and devoted servants went out armed with fire and iron, and conquering the fear of their own hearts became a calculating crowd of cold and exacting...
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