 They decorate our life for us. They are the gracious figures on the drab wall which lies on this side of our common grave. They lead a sort of ritual dance, that most of us have agreed to take seriously. It is a very binding agreement with which sincerity...  The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows - Page 412by Joseph Conrad - 1920 - 402 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Conrad - 1925 - 494 pages
...Lingard seemed not to have heard a word. His chin rested on his breast. D'Alcacer appraised the remaining length of his cigarette and went on in an equable...I loved. Do you know, Captain Lingard, how people Ipst in a maze end?" he went on holding Lingard by a steadfast stare. "No? ... I will tell you then.... | |
 | Gene M. Moore - Authors, English - 1992 - 296 pages
...world [...] They are the iridescent gleams on a hard and dark surface. For the world is hard [...] They are the gracious figures on the drab wall which...it. Directly they leave the pageant they get lost. (366f.) The agreement is indeed binding. Awakened to a new and overpowering sense of reality during... | |
 | Gene M. Moore - Authors, English - 1992 - 296 pages
...surface. For the world is hard [...] They are the gracious figures on the drab wall which lies on mis side of our common grave. They lead a sort of ritual...it. Directly they leave the pageant they get lost. (366f.) The agreement is indeed binding. Awakened to a new and overpowering sense of reality during... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - Lingard, Tom (Fictitious character) - 1924 - 488 pages
...D'Alcacer let escape a low exclamation. No, certainly he did not think so. It was an original notion to suppose that lunatics had a sort of common logic...themselves. I would shudder at that fate for anything J loved. Do you know, Captain Lingard, how people lost in a maze end?" he went on holding Lingard by... | |
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