The Zangiacomo band was not making music; it was simply murdering silence with a vulgar, ferocious energy. One felt as if witnessing a deed of violence... Victory: An Island Tale - Page 77by Joseph Conrad - 1915 - 444 pagesFull view - About this book
| JOSEP CONRAD - 1921 - 534 pages
...and, so to speak, more contrary to his genius, than this rude exhibition of vigour. The Zangiacomo band was not making music; it was simply murdering...from the unnatural spectacle of their indifference. animation and interest in their faces, and the women in white muslin dresses were coming down in pairs... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 440 pages
...and, so to speak, more contrary to his genius, than this rude exhibition of vigour. The Zangiacomo band was not making music; it was simply murdering...was so strong that it seemed marvellous to see the poeple sitting so quietly on their chairs, drinking so calmly out of their glasses, and giving no signs... | |
| Joseph Conrad - Abused women - 1921 - 442 pages
...and, so to speak, more contrary to his genius, than this rude exhibition of vigour. The Zangiacomo band was not making music; it was simply murdering...was so strong that it seemed marvellous to see the poeple sitting so quietly on their chairs, drinking so calmly out of their glasses, and giving no signs... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 446 pages
...and, so to speak, more contrary to his genius, than this rude exhibition of vigour. The Zangiacomo band was not making music; it was simply murdering...was so strong that it seemed marvellous to see the poeple sitting so quietly on their chairs, drinking so calmly out of their glasses, and giving no signs... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 444 pages
...and, so to speak, more contrary to his genius, than this rude exhibition of vigour. The Zangiacomo band was not making music; it was simply murdering...was so strong that it seemed marvellous to see the poeple sitting so quietly on their chairs, drinking so calmly out of their glasses, and giving no signs... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 442 pages
...witnessing a deed of violence; and that impression was so strong that it seemed marvellous to see the poeple sitting so quietly on their chairs, drinking so calmly...unnatural spectacle of their indifference. When the piece of music came to an end, the relief was so great that he felt slightly dizzy, as if a chasm of... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1925 - 442 pages
...and, so to speak, more contrary to his genius, than this rude exhibition of vigour. The Zangiacomo band was not making music; it was simply murdering...silence with a vulgar, ferocious energy. One felt as ii witnessing a deed of violence; and that impression was so strong that it seemed marvellous to see... | |
| Christopher Lane - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 348 pages
...desire to continue watching "this rude exhibition of vigour, . . . [an] unnatural spectacle . . . [that] was simply murdering silence with a vulgar, ferocious...energy. One felt as if witnessing a deed of violence" (112). The impact of these sensations derives from Heyst's characterization of the scene's excess and... | |
| Kenneth Burke - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2007 - 329 pages
...description of the scene in which Heyst has his first fatal meeting with Lena: The Zangiacomo hand was not making music; it was simply murdering silence...glasses, and giving no signs of distress, anger or fear. Particularly we note such a moment because it characterizes a "first," the time when Heyst and Lena... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1929 - 430 pages
...and, so to speak, more contrary to his genius, than this rude exhibition of vigour. The Zangiacomo band was not making music; it was simply murdering...was so strong that it seemed marvellous to see the poeple sitting so quietly on their chairs, drinking so calmly out of their glasses, and giving no signs... | |
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