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" Latin races; and though his eyes strayed about irresolutely, yet his swollen, angry features awakened in the miserable woman over whom he had been tyrannising for years a fear for his precious carcass, since the poor creature had nothing else but that... "
Victory - Page 106
by Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 412 pages
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VICTORY

JOSEP CONRAD - 1921 - 534 pages
...himself in his lurid, heavy, Teutonic manner, so unlike the picturesque, lively rage of the Latin races; and though his eyes strayed about irresolutely, yet...horribly in the direction of her shrinking person. In he: scanty night-dress, and barefooted, she recalled a mediaeval penitent being reproved for her sins...
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The Works of Joseph Conrad: The shadow line

Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 444 pages
...himself in his lurid, heavy, Teutonic manner, so unlike the picturesque, lively rage of the Latin races; and though his eyes strayed about irresolutely, yet...her scanty night-dress, and barefooted, she recalled u mediaeval penitent being reproved for her sins in blasphemous terms. Those lethal weapons were always...
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The Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations

Robert Andrews - Reference - 1989 - 414 pages
...American writer I'ma hero with coward's legs. Spike Milligan (b. 1918) British comedian, humorous writer The last thing a woman will consent to discover in...or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) English novelist If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Harry...
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And I Quote: The Definitive Collection of Quotes, Sayings, and Jokes for the ...

Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans, Andrew Frothingham - Humor - 1992 - 552 pages
...our English dead. — William Shakespeare Fear always springs from ignorance. — Ralph Waldo Emerson The last thing a woman will consent to discover in...or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage. — Joseph Conrad True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotations

Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...shoot a spectre through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by the spectral throat? 2540 in things, namely men and the working of man's mind. 6239 Human subtlety ... will never devise 2517 To have his path made clear for him is the aspiratlon of every human being in our beclouded and...
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The Military Quotation Book: More Than 1,200 of the Best Quotations About ...

James Charlton - Reference - 2002 - 204 pages
...from laughing at them. JOHN FOWLES Ask any soldier. To kill a man is to merit a woman. JEAN GIRAUDOUX The last thing a woman will consent to discover in...or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage. JOSEPH CONRAD None but the Brave deserves the Fair. JOHN DRYDEN Join a Highland regiment, me boy. The...
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Two Wars: One Hero's Fight on Two Fronts--Abroad and Within

Nate Self - Biography & Autobiography - 2011 - 400 pages
...Towers fell in New York, but it felt like we were born for that day — to meet our nation's enemies. 41 The last thing a woman will consent to discover in...or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage. :: JOSEPH CONRAD 04 0621 MAR 02 [DELTA] TAKUR GHAR I've heard it said that threat clears a man's head....
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