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... poet . Burden , of course , has never got beyond seeing that I dress better than he does and choose a dinner better than his uncle Darlington . I came , of course , out of the motor- car ordeal with flying colours - on these lines . I ...
... poet . Burden , of course , has never got beyond seeing that I dress better than he does and choose a dinner better than his uncle Darlington . I came , of course , out of the motor- car ordeal with flying colours - on these lines . I ...
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... poets , or to danger- ous men . Edward , I know , dislikes the drinking of China tea because it is against the ... poet , or the pessimist among men . She asked me , in fact , not to take up the cudgels to the extent of saying that ...
... poets , or to danger- ous men . Edward , I know , dislikes the drinking of China tea because it is against the ... poet , or the pessimist among men . She asked me , in fact , not to take up the cudgels to the extent of saying that ...
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... poet . I can imagine that if I had to love or to marry this little Aver- ies girl I should try to find out what was her tiny vanity and I should minister to it . In some way I should discover from her that she considered herself ...
... poet . I can imagine that if I had to love or to marry this little Aver- ies girl I should try to find out what was her tiny vanity and I should minister to it . In some way I should discover from her that she considered herself ...
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... they fear for their worldly ma- terial fortunes . They fear , that is to say , that the poet is not a stable man of business : they recognise that he is a gambler - and it seems to them that it is 52 The Nature of a Crime.
... they fear for their worldly ma- terial fortunes . They fear , that is to say , that the poet is not a stable man of business : they recognise that he is a gambler - and it seems to them that it is 52 The Nature of a Crime.
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... poet owes his disfavour . A woman lives , in short , to play with this particular fire , since to herself she says : " Here is a man who has broken the hearts of many women . I will essay the adventure of taming him . " And , if she ...
... poet owes his disfavour . A woman lives , in short , to play with this particular fire , since to herself she says : " Here is a man who has broken the hearts of many women . I will essay the adventure of taming him . " And , if she ...
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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...