He was moved by the vibrating quality of the last words. She seemed to be talking low of some wonderful enchantment, in mysterious terms of special significance. He thought that if she only could talk to him in some unknown tongue, she would enslave him... The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad - Page 209by Joseph Conrad - 1921Full view - About this book
| Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 440 pages
...needn't apologize for your great delicacy in the perception of inhuman evil. I am a little like you." "I am not very plucky," she said. " Well ! I don't...infinite depths of wisdom and feeling. "But," she went on,"the name stuck in my head, it seems; and when you mentioned it " "It broke the spell," muttered... | |
| JOSEP CONRAD - 1921 - 534 pages
...it. It was a fresh start for me, with you—and you know it. I wish I had forgotten who I was—that would have been best; and I very nearly did forget."..."But," she went on. "the name stuck in my head, it 9eems; and when you mentioned it " "It broke the spell," muttered Heyst in angry disap pointment, as... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 444 pages
...it. It was a fresh start for me, with you—and you know it. I wish I had forgotten who I was—that would have been best; and I very nearly did forget."...infinite depths of wisdom and feeling. "But," she went on,"the name stuck in my head, it seems; and when you mentioned it " "It broke the spell," muttered... | |
| Joseph Conrad - English fiction - 1924 - 440 pages
...She unclasped her hands, moved them slightly, and twined her fingers as before. Protest? Assent? Was there to be nothing more? He was relieved when she...infinite depths of wisdom and feeling. "But," she went on,"the name stuck in my head, it seems; and when you mentioned it " "It broke the spell," muttered... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1925 - 442 pages
...She unclasped her hands, moved them slightly, and twined her fingers as before. Protest? Assent? Was there to be nothing more? He was relieved when she...suggesting infinite depths of wisdom and feeling. J "But," she went on,"the name stuck in my head, it seems; and when you mentioned it " . "It broke... | |
| Joseph Conrad - Abused women - 1928 - 440 pages
...She unclasped her hands, moved them slightly, and twined her fingers as before. Protest? Assent? Was there to be nothing more? He was relieved when she...stuck in my head, it seems; and when you mentioned H " ''It broke the spell," muttered Heyst in angry disappointment, as if he had been deceived in some... | |
| Adam Gillon - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 318 pages
...physical than moral" (188). Conrad writes: "He was moved by the vibrating quality of the last words. . . . He thought that if she only could talk to him in some...enslave him altogether by the sheer beauty of the sound" (209). In Lolita, Humbert is "infinitely moved by the little one's slang speech, by her harsh high... | |
| Julika Griem - 1995 - 348 pages
...Vehikel einer sprachphilosophischen Utopie. Dies läßt sich an der folgenden Passage verdeutlichen: She seemed to be talking low of some wonderful enchantment,...suggesting infinite depths of wisdom and feeling. (V 222) Wie andere Protagonisten Conrads wird auch Heyst weniger vom "sense" als vom "sound" weiblicher... | |
| Joseph Conrad, Mara Kalnins - Fiction - 2004 - 404 pages
...to the emotional self and to the unconscious: 'He thought that if she only could talk to him in an unknown tongue, she would enslave him altogether by...suggesting infinite depths of wisdom and feeling' (p. 160). Her very name, given her by Heyst (at her request) in an attempt to make her his own and... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1929 - 430 pages
...needn't apologize for your great delicacy in the perception of inhuman evil. I am a little like you." "I am not very plucky," she said. "Well! I don't know...infinite depths of wisdom and feeling. "But," she went on,"the name stuck in my head, it seems; and when you mentioned it " "It broke the spell," muttered... | |
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