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Words can't do it justice ; but since I've told you so much I may as well tell you more . Listen . This morning on board , in my cabin , I went down on my knees and prayed for help . I went down on my knees !
Words can't do it justice ; but since I've told you so much I may as well tell you more . Listen . This morning on board , in my cabin , I went down on my knees and prayed for help . I went down on my knees !
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While he was still drifting amongst the islands , enigmatical and disregarded like an insignificant ghost , he told me so himself on a certain occasion . It was a long time before he materialised in this alarming way into the destroyer ...
While he was still drifting amongst the islands , enigmatical and disregarded like an insignificant ghost , he told me so himself on a certain occasion . It was a long time before he materialised in this alarming way into the destroyer ...
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Heyst , right enough . Put a book into his pocket , always very polite . Been strolling on the wharf and reading . ' I remain in possession here , ' he told Captain Davidson . What I want to know is what he gets to eat there .
Heyst , right enough . Put a book into his pocket , always very polite . Been strolling on the wharf and reading . ' I remain in possession here , ' he told Captain Davidson . What I want to know is what he gets to eat there .
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He told us that he passed to the north of Samburan on purpose to see what was going on . At first , it looked as if that side of the island had been altogether abandoned . This was what he expected . Presently , above the dense mass of ...
He told us that he passed to the north of Samburan on purpose to see what was going on . At first , it looked as if that side of the island had been altogether abandoned . This was what he expected . Presently , above the dense mass of ...
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It was the first I ever heard of it , I told him . He only smiled . What could I say ? He isn't the sort of man one can speak familiarly to . There's something in him . One doesn't care to . “ But what's the object ?
It was the first I ever heard of it , I told him . He only smiled . What could I say ? He isn't the sort of man one can speak familiarly to . There's something in him . One doesn't care to . “ But what's the object ?
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| Title | Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1 Volume 17 of Standard collection of British and American authors Victory: An Island Tale, Joseph Conrad |
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
| Publisher | Louis Conard, 1916 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 31 Jan 2019 |
| Length | 276 pages |
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