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Page 7
I had an intense longing to go with him out into the great world that brooded all
round our foot - hills . You are to remember that I knew nothing whatever of that
great world . I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury
...
I had an intense longing to go with him out into the great world that brooded all
round our foot - hills . You are to remember that I knew nothing whatever of that
great world . I had never been further away from our farm than just to Canterbury
...
Page 14
At the steep of the hill the men and horses came into sight against the white sky ,
a confused crowd of ominous things . " Turn that lanthorn off ' n me , " the
horseman said . " Don ' t you see you frighten my horse ? Now , boys , get round
them .
At the steep of the hill the men and horses came into sight against the white sky ,
a confused crowd of ominous things . " Turn that lanthorn off ' n me , " the
horseman said . " Don ' t you see you frighten my horse ? Now , boys , get round
them .
Page 19
... said gayly , " it ' s all right . You ' ve to stand by Veronica . I ' ve no one to my
back . Good - night , goodI pulled my horse ' s head round and galloped down. by
. " PART FIRST 19.
... said gayly , " it ' s all right . You ' ve to stand by Veronica . I ' ve no one to my
back . Good - night , goodI pulled my horse ' s head round and galloped down. by
. " PART FIRST 19.
Page 35
Ramon looked round apprehensively . Carlos said , " The senor , my cousin ,
wishes for a Mr . Macdonald . You know him , senor ? " Ramon made a dry
gesture of perfect acquaintance . " I think I have seen him just now , " he said . " I
will make ...
Ramon looked round apprehensively . Carlos said , " The senor , my cousin ,
wishes for a Mr . Macdonald . You know him , senor ? " Ramon made a dry
gesture of perfect acquaintance . " I think I have seen him just now , " he said . " I
will make ...
Page 39
Castro ' s eyes ran furtively all round him , then he looked at me . He made an
extraordinary swift motion with his right hand , and I saw that he was facing me
with a long steel blade displayed . Carlos continued to cough . The thing seemed
...
Castro ' s eyes ran furtively all round him , then he looked at me . He made an
extraordinary swift motion with his right hand , and I saw that he was facing me
with a long steel blade displayed . Carlos continued to cough . The thing seemed
...
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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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