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" The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. "
Ireland: Contested Ideas of Nationalism and History - Page 287
by Hugh F Kearney - 2007 - 320 pages
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The Living Age, Volume 225

1900 - 872 pages
...mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only. An idea at the back of it; not a sentimental pretence, but an idea;...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 165

Scotland - 1899 - 1284 pages
...mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only. An idea at the back of it ; not a sentimental pretence but an idea...
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Youth: And Two Other Stories

Joseph Conrad - Europeans - 1903 - 394 pages
...mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only. An idea at the back of it ; not a sentimental pretense but an idea...
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Youth: And Two Other Stories

Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 410 pages
...mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only. An idea at the back of it; not a sentimental pretense but an idea;...
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The Works of Joseph Conrad, Volume 5

Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 440 pages
...mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only. An idea at the back of it ; not a sentimental pretence but an idea...
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Youth: And Two Other Stories

Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 368 pages
...mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only. An idea at the back of it; not a sentimental pretence but an idea;...
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Black Anima

N J Loftis - Fiction - 1973 - 132 pages
...mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only. An idea at the back of it, not a sentimental belief in the idea —...
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Crisis on Cyprus: 1976, Crucial Year for Peace : a Staff Report

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and Escapees - Cyprus - 1976 - 120 pages
...which mostly means the taking it away from those with a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it." [From the Manchester Guardian Weekly, Oct. 26, 1975] SOWING SEEDS OF FUTURE STRIFE (By Brigadier Michael...
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Joseph Conrad: The Major Phase

Jacques Berthoud - Literary Criticism - 1978 - 204 pages
...mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it much.' The imperialist is obviously even more in need of justification than the merchant seaman. But...
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Conrad in the Nineteenth Century

Ian Watt - Literary Criticism - 1981 - 400 pages
...mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much" (50-51). But when Marlow observes a map in the company's waiting room, he comments: "There was a vast...
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