Romance, by Joseph Conrad and F. M. HuefferDoubleday, Page, 1923 |
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... face , that day I am not likely to forget . I remember the chilly smell of the typical West Indian store , the indescribable smell of damp gloom , of locos , of pimento , of olive oil , of new sugar , of new rum ; the glassy double ...
... face , that day I am not likely to forget . I remember the chilly smell of the typical West Indian store , the indescribable smell of damp gloom , of locos , of pimento , of olive oil , of new sugar , of new rum ; the glassy double ...
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... face on that day ; her eyes were gray - the gray of black , not of blue . For a moment they looked me straight in the face , reflectively , unconcerned , and then travelled to the spectacles of old Ramon . This glance - remember I was ...
... face on that day ; her eyes were gray - the gray of black , not of blue . For a moment they looked me straight in the face , reflectively , unconcerned , and then travelled to the spectacles of old Ramon . This glance - remember I was ...
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... face with the colour and texture of a white - heart cherry . He used to spend his days in a hooded chair . My mother managed every- thing , leading an out - of - door life which gave her face the colour of a wrinkled pippin . It was the ...
... face with the colour and texture of a white - heart cherry . He used to spend his days in a hooded chair . My mother managed every- thing , leading an out - of - door life which gave her face the colour of a wrinkled pippin . It was the ...
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... face shone like polished leather . " Hallo ! " he said . " See heeyur , young Kemp , does your neck just itch to be stretched ? " I looked at him with mouth and eyes agape . He spat again , and waved a claw towards the forward bulkhead ...
... face shone like polished leather . " Hallo ! " he said . " See heeyur , young Kemp , does your neck just itch to be stretched ? " I looked at him with mouth and eyes agape . He spat again , and waved a claw towards the forward bulkhead ...
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... face with a still , penetrating glance of his big , romantic eyes , " It is a good life , " he whispered seduc- tively , " and I like you , John Kemp . You are young- very young yet . But I love you very much for your own sake , and for ...
... face with a still , penetrating glance of his big , romantic eyes , " It is a good life , " he whispered seduc- tively , " and I like you , John Kemp . You are young- very young yet . But I love you very much for your own sake , and for ...
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