An instrumental uproar, screaming, grunting, whining, sobbing, scraping, squeaking -• :l some kind of lively air; while a grand piano, operated upon by a bony, red-faced woman with bad-tempered nostrils, rained hard notes like hail through the tempest... The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad - Page 68by Joseph Conrad - 1921Full view - About this book
| Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 440 pages
...simply stunning. An instrumental uproar, screaming, grunting, whining, sobbing, scraping, squeaking some kind of lively air; while a grand piano, operated...woman with bad-tempered nostrils, rained hard notes hike hail through the tempest of fiddles. The small platform was filled with white muslin dresses and... | |
| Joseph Conrad - Abused women - 1921 - 414 pages
...stunning. An instrumental uproar, screaming, / grunting, whining, sobbing, scraping, squeaking some kind \j of lively air; while a grand piano, operated upon...waistcoat, and white trousers. His longish, tousled hair I and his great beard were purple-black. He was horrible. \J The heat was terrific. There were perhaps... | |
| Joseph Conrad - Abused women - 1921 - 414 pages
...simply stunning. An instrumental uproar, screaming, grunting, whining, sobbing, scraping, squeaking some kind of lively air; while a grand piano, operated upon by a bony, red- faced woman with bad-tempered nostrils, rained hard notes like hail through the tempest of fiddles.... | |
| Norman Sherry - Literary Criticism - 1966 - 376 pages
...simply stunning. An instrumental uproar, screaming, grunting, whining, sobbing, scraping, squeaking some kind of lively air; while a grand piano, operated...which sawed away without respite. Zangiacomo conducted . . . When the piece of music came to an end, the relief was so great that he felt slightly dizzy...... | |
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