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... EYES A PERSONAL RECORD ' TWIXT LAND AND SEA CHANCE WITHIN THE TIDES VICTORY THE SHADOW - LINE THE ARROW OF GOLD THE RESCUE NOTES ON LIFE AND LETTERS THE ROVER With Ford Maddox Ford ( Hueffer ) ROMANCE : A NOVEL THE INHERITORS : AN ...
... EYES A PERSONAL RECORD ' TWIXT LAND AND SEA CHANCE WITHIN THE TIDES VICTORY THE SHADOW - LINE THE ARROW OF GOLD THE RESCUE NOTES ON LIFE AND LETTERS THE ROVER With Ford Maddox Ford ( Hueffer ) ROMANCE : A NOVEL THE INHERITORS : AN ...
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... eyes on the page and my voice going on I would grow aware of an exaggerated stillness on the part of my Collaborator in the shadows . It was an extraordinary kind of stillness : not of death : not of an ice age . Yes , it was the ...
... eyes on the page and my voice going on I would grow aware of an exaggerated stillness on the part of my Collaborator in the shadows . It was an extraordinary kind of stillness : not of death : not of an ice age . Yes , it was the ...
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... eyes . You under- stand now the origin of my houses , of my collections , of my reputation , of my taste for magnificence — which you deigned sometimes to mock indulgently with an exquisite flattery as at some- thing not quite worthy of ...
... eyes . You under- stand now the origin of my houses , of my collections , of my reputation , of my taste for magnificence — which you deigned sometimes to mock indulgently with an exquisite flattery as at some- thing not quite worthy of ...
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... eyes from the paper . I dread- I suppose it is dread - to look across the ring of light that my lamp casts . But now I will do so . I will let my eyes travel across the bundles of dusty papers on my desk . Do you know I have left them ...
... eyes from the paper . I dread- I suppose it is dread - to look across the ring of light that my lamp casts . But now I will do so . I will let my eyes travel across the bundles of dusty papers on my desk . Do you know I have left them ...
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... eyes that dilate under all sorts of emotion . In my office she appears not a confident worshipper but a rather frightened fawn led before an Anthro- pomorphic Deity . And , strangely enough , though young Burden who trusts me inspires ...
... eyes that dilate under all sorts of emotion . In my office she appears not a confident worshipper but a rather frightened fawn led before an Anthro- pomorphic Deity . And , strangely enough , though young Burden who trusts me inspires ...
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Page viii - THE MIRROR OF THE SEA THE SECRET AGENT A SET OF SIX UNDER WESTERN EYES A PERSONAL RECORD...
Page 104 - Ramon s great spectacles, the piercing eyes in the mahogany face, while the tap, tap, tap of a cane on the flags went on behind the inner door; the click of the latch; the stream of light. The door, petulantly thrust inwards, struck against some barrels. I remember the rattling of the bolts on that door, and the tall figure that appeared there, snuff-box in hand. In that land of white clothes that precise, ancient, Castilian in black was something to remember.
Page 101 - I suppose our recollections agree. Mine, in their simplest form, are: First Part, yours; Second Part, mainly yours, with a little by me on points of seamanship and suchlike small matters; Third Part, about 60% mine with important touches by you; Fourth Part, mine, with here and there an important sentence by you; Fifth Part practically all yours, including the famous sentence at which we both exclaimed: 'This is Genius...
Page 101 - Conrad's recollections — except for the generosity of his two 'importants' — tally well enough with those of the writer if conception alone is concerned. When it comes however to the writing the truth is that Parts One, Two, Three and Five are a singular mosaic of passages written alternately by one or other of the collaborators.
Page 105 - ... ruffles. The other hand paused in the act of conveying a pinch of snuff to the nostrils of the hooked nose that had, on the skin stretched tight over the bridge, the polish of old ivory; the elbow pressing the black cocked hat against the side; the legs, one bent, the other bowing a little back — this was the attitude of Seraphina's father. 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...
Page 104 - What are these days to me? But that far-off day of my romance when from between the blue and white bales in Don Ramon's darkened store room, at Kingston, I saw the door open before the figure of an old man with the tired, long, white face, that day I am not likely to forget. I remember the chilly smell of the typical West Indian store, the indescribable smell of damp gloom, of locos, of pimento, of olive oil, of new sugar, of...