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Page xi
... sen- tence one to writer A and sentence two to B , maul at least one of our memories . With the nature of those crimes one is only too well acquainted . Besides , though one may never read comments one desires to get xi Preface.
... sen- tence one to writer A and sentence two to B , maul at least one of our memories . With the nature of those crimes one is only too well acquainted . Besides , though one may never read comments one desires to get xi Preface.
Page xiv
... least , at the end of the reading , say with perfect sincerity : " Wonderful ! How you do things ! " before beginning on : " But don't you perhaps think . · " " And I really do not believe that either my Collaborator or myself ever made ...
... least , at the end of the reading , say with perfect sincerity : " Wonderful ! How you do things ! " before beginning on : " But don't you perhaps think . · " " And I really do not believe that either my Collaborator or myself ever made ...
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... least we have suffered . One does not drag around with one such a cannon - ball as I have done all these years without thinking some wise thoughts . And well I know that in your dreary and terrible life you have gained your great wisdom ...
... least we have suffered . One does not drag around with one such a cannon - ball as I have done all these years without thinking some wise thoughts . And well I know that in your dreary and terrible life you have gained your great wisdom ...
Page 49
... least the flicker of the other side of the woman , the poet , or the pessimist among men . She asked me , in fact , not to take up the cudgels to the extent of saying that China tea is the thing to drink - that would have been treason ...
... least the flicker of the other side of the woman , the poet , or the pessimist among men . She asked me , in fact , not to take up the cudgels to the extent of saying that China tea is the thing to drink - that would have been treason ...
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... Supposing the deflection to have been of the momentary kind he will be able to deny with a good conscience since he will be aware of himself and his feelings . He will at least be able to put the case 56 The Nature of a Crime.
... Supposing the deflection to have been of the momentary kind he will be able to deny with a good conscience since he will be aware of himself and his feelings . He will at least be able to put the case 56 The Nature of a Crime.
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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...