 | Norman Sherry - Literary Criticism - 1966 - 376 pages
...tallness of her spars. Whatever her age and her history, she had preserved the stamp of her origin. . .she looked like a creature of high breed — an Arab steed in a string of cart-horses (pp. 60-1).* But his joy in the first sight of his ship is soon marred by ' the bitter flavour' of... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - Fiction - 1998 - 308 pages
...much for that, but as it seemed that he had something particular to say I went up the ladder. I le laid his hand on my shoulder and gave me a slight...high breed - an Arab steed in a string of carthorses. That illusion of life and character which charms one in men's finest handiwork radiated from her. An... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - Fiction - 2010 - 146 pages
...high-class vessel. a harmonious creature in the lines of her fine body, in the proportioned talhtess of her spars. Whatever her age and her history, she...with her. Captain." I did not even turn my head. It WHS the master of the steamer, and whatever he meant, whatever he thought of her, I knew that, like... | |
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At the first glance I saw that she was a high-class vessel, a harmonious creature in the lines of her fine body, in the proportioned tallness of her spars. Whatever her age and her history, she had preserved the stamp of her origin. She was one of those... 