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... matter of conduct we are so absolutely different - you are always for circumspection , for a careful prepara- tion of the ground , for patience ; and I am always ready to act , and after- wards draw the moral from my own actions . But ...
... matter of conduct we are so absolutely different - you are always for circumspection , for a careful prepara- tion of the ground , for patience ; and I am always ready to act , and after- wards draw the moral from my own actions . But ...
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... matter in order to be amus- ing to myself and ingenious . I have forged whole builder's estimates for re- pairs that were never executed : I have invented whole hosts of defaulting ten- ants . It has not been latterly for money that I ...
... matter in order to be amus- ing to myself and ingenious . I have forged whole builder's estimates for re- pairs that were never executed : I have invented whole hosts of defaulting ten- ants . It has not been latterly for money that I ...
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... matter down to its very depths , I think we arrive at this , that without the motives for self- restraint that other people have we are anxious to show more self - restraint than they . We are doing certain work not for payment but for ...
... matter down to its very depths , I think we arrive at this , that without the motives for self- restraint that other people have we are anxious to show more self - restraint than they . We are doing certain work not for payment but for ...
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... matter to me at all . But evidently he had made up his mind to indulge in the luxury of a con- science . To indulge that sort of conscience leads one almost as far as indulged passion , only , I cannot help thinking , on a more sordid ...
... matter to me at all . But evidently he had made up his mind to indulge in the luxury of a con- science . To indulge that sort of conscience leads one almost as far as indulged passion , only , I cannot help thinking , on a more sordid ...
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... matter all his human relationships . He could think of me , of his mother , of the fact that potentially he was casting to the winds the very cause for his ex- istence . For assuredly , if Edward Bur- den have 44 The Nature of a Crime.
... matter all his human relationships . He could think of me , of his mother , of the fact that potentially he was casting to the winds the very cause for his ex- istence . For assuredly , if Edward Bur- den have 44 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...