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Page 114
“ How do you call this place again ? " she used to ask Heyst . " Sourabaya , " he would say distinctly , and would watch the discouragement at the outlandish sound coming into her eyes , which were fastened on his face .
“ How do you call this place again ? " she used to ask Heyst . " Sourabaya , " he would say distinctly , and would watch the discouragement at the outlandish sound coming into her eyes , which were fastened on his face .
Page 151
His part , ten days after his guest's arrival , had been to lounge in manly , careless attitudes on the veranda -- keeping watch —while Mrs. Schomberg , provided with a bunch of assorted keys , her discoloured teeth chattering and her ...
His part , ten days after his guest's arrival , had been to lounge in manly , careless attitudes on the veranda -- keeping watch —while Mrs. Schomberg , provided with a bunch of assorted keys , her discoloured teeth chattering and her ...
Page 167
By contrast , the other faces round that table , anything between twenty and thirty , must have looked like collected samples of intensely artless , helpless humanity - pathetic in their innocent watch for the VICTORY . 167 VI ...
By contrast , the other faces round that table , anything between twenty and thirty , must have looked like collected samples of intensely artless , helpless humanity - pathetic in their innocent watch for the VICTORY . 167 VI ...
Page 168
helpless humanity - pathetic in their innocent watch for the small turns of luck which indeed might have been serious enough for them . They had no notice to spare for the hairy Pedro , carrying a tray with the clumsiness of a creature ...
helpless humanity - pathetic in their innocent watch for the small turns of luck which indeed might have been serious enough for them . They had no notice to spare for the hairy Pedro , carrying a tray with the clumsiness of a creature ...
Page 176
We used to spend whole watches below at it , round a chest , under a slush lamp . We would hardly spare the time to get a bite of salt horse — neither eat nor sleep . We could hardly stand when the watches were mustered on deck .
We used to spend whole watches below at it , round a chest , under a slush lamp . We would hardly spare the time to get a bite of salt horse — neither eat nor sleep . We could hardly stand when the watches were mustered on deck .
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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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