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Page 3
Having imperiously thrust the door of the inner room open , he remained
immovable , with no intention of entering , and called in a harsh , aged voice : “
Senor Ramon ! Senor Ramon ! ” and then twice : " Seraphina - - Seraphina ! ”
turning his ...
Having imperiously thrust the door of the inner room open , he remained
immovable , with no intention of entering , and called in a harsh , aged voice : “
Senor Ramon ! Senor Ramon ! ” and then twice : " Seraphina - - Seraphina ! ”
turning his ...
Page 7
Our farm nestled down under the steep , brown downs , just beside the Roman
road to Canterbury ; Stone Street — the Street — we called it . Ralph ' s land was
just on the other side of the Street , and the shepherds on the downs used to see
...
Our farm nestled down under the steep , brown downs , just beside the Roman
road to Canterbury ; Stone Street — the Street — we called it . Ralph ' s land was
just on the other side of the Street , and the shepherds on the downs used to see
...
Page 13
The shadow called Thoms was for bolting across country ; but Lillywhite was not
built for speed . Besides he did not know the lie of the land , and believed the
Free Traders were mere bogeys . " They ' ll never touch us , " Lillywhite grumbled
.
The shadow called Thoms was for bolting across country ; but Lillywhite was not
built for speed . Besides he did not know the lie of the land , and believed the
Free Traders were mere bogeys . " They ' ll never touch us , " Lillywhite grumbled
.
Page 14
John Kemp , " I called , " I ' m true blue . " " Blue be hanged ! " a voice shouted
back . “ What be you a - doing with runners ? " The riot went on — forty or fifty
voices . The runners were seized ; several hands caught at me . It was impossible
to ...
John Kemp , " I called , " I ' m true blue . " " Blue be hanged ! " a voice shouted
back . “ What be you a - doing with runners ? " The riot went on — forty or fifty
voices . The runners were seized ; several hands caught at me . It was impossible
to ...
Page 15
Someone else , Rangsley , I think , called , " Bring ' em along — this way now . "
After a period of turmoil we seemed to come out of the crowd upon a very rough ,
descending path ; Rangsley had called out , " Now , then , the rest of you be off ...
Someone else , Rangsley , I think , called , " Bring ' em along — this way now . "
After a period of turmoil we seemed to come out of the crowd upon a very rough ,
descending path ; Rangsley had called out , " Now , then , the rest of you be off ...
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Page 40 - Here's the mahn ye were speerin' after. Here's Macdonald." It was the voice of Barnes, and the voice of the every day. I discovered that I had been tremendously upset. The pulses in my temples were throbbing, and I wanted to shut my eyes — to sleep! I was tired; Romance had departed. Barnes and the Macdonald he had found for me represented all the laborious insects of the world; all the ants who are forever hauling immensely heavy and immensely unimportant burdens up weary hillocks, down steep...
Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance: A Novel |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1922 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 3 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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