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Davidson's existence too, running the Sissie along the Java Sea and back again,
was distinctly monotonous and, in a sense, lonely. He never had any sort of
company on board. Native deck- passengers in plenty, of course, but never a
white ...
Davidson's existence too, running the Sissie along the Java Sea and back again,
was distinctly monotonous and, in a sense, lonely. He never had any sort of
company on board. Native deck- passengers in plenty, of course, but never a
white ...
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He did not like Davidson, never a very faithful client of his. He hit a bell on one of
the tables as he went by, and asked in a distant, Qfficer-of-the-Reserve manner: "
You desire?" The good Davidson still sponging his wet neck, declared with ...
He did not like Davidson, never a very faithful client of his. He hit a bell on one of
the tables as he went by, and asked in a distant, Qfficer-of-the-Reserve manner: "
You desire?" The good Davidson still sponging his wet neck, declared with ...
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mean a young girl? Some of these orchestra girls are no chicks." "Young enough,
" came the low voice out of Mrs. Schomberg's unmoved physiognomy. Davidson,
encouraged, remarked that he was sorry for her. He was easily sorry for people.
mean a young girl? Some of these orchestra girls are no chicks." "Young enough,
" came the low voice out of Mrs. Schomberg's unmoved physiognomy. Davidson,
encouraged, remarked that he was sorry for her. He was easily sorry for people.
Page 43
Davidson was stirred to the depths; and it was easy to see that it was about Heyst
that he was concerned. We asked him if he had passed that way lately. "Oh, yes. I
always do — about half a mile off." "Seen anybody about?" "No, not a soul.
Davidson was stirred to the depths; and it was easy to see that it was about Heyst
that he was concerned. We asked him if he had passed that way lately. "Oh, yes. I
always do — about half a mile off." "Seen anybody about?" "No, not a soul.
Page 53
Heyst, when he saw the boat pulling towards him, dropped his signalling-pole;
and when Davidson arrived, he was kneeling down engaged busily in
unfastening the flag from it. "Was there anything wrong?" I inquired, Davidson
having ...
Heyst, when he saw the boat pulling towards him, dropped his signalling-pole;
and when Davidson arrived, he was kneeling down engaged busily in
unfastening the flag from it. "Was there anything wrong?" I inquired, Davidson
having ...
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Page 407 - ... black dress, and profoundly at peace; while, stooping over her with a kindly, playful smile, he was ready to lift her up in his firm arms and take her into the sanctuary of his innermost heart — for ever! The flush of rapture flooding her whole being broke out in a smile of innocent, girlish happiness; and with that divine radiance on her lips she breathed her last, triumphant, seeking for his glance in the shades of death. XIV "YES, Excellency...
Page 167 - No, unless by native craft," said Schomberg. Ricardo nodded, satisfied. Both these white men looked on native life as a mere play of shadows. A play of shadows the dominant race could walk through unaffected and disregarded in the pursuit of its incomprehensible aims and needs.
Page 329 - Here they are, the envoys of the outer world. Here they are before you — evil intelligence, instinctive savagery, arm in arm. The brute force is at the back.
Page 94 - For every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.
Page 390 - You are an extraordinary man," he said suspiciously, and moved on, touching elbows with Heyst. In the latter's breast dwelt a deep silence, the complete silence of unused faculties. At this moment, by simply shouldering Mr. Jones, he could have thrown him down and put himself by a couple of leaps, beyond the certain aim of the revolver; but he did not even think of that. His very will seemed dead of weariness. He moved automatically, his head low, like a prisoner captured by the evil power of a masquerading...
Page 82 - Formerly, in solitude and in silence, he had been used to think clearly and sometimes even profoundly, seeing life outside the flattering optical delusion of everlasting hope, of conventional self-deceptions, of an ever-expected happiness.
Page 187 - I was not very far from you." "Apparently you were not near enough for me." "You could have called if you wanted me," she said. "And I wasn't so long doing my hair." "Apparently it was too long for me." " Well, you were thinking of me, anyhow. I am glad of it. Do you know, it seems to me, somehow, that if you were to stop thinking of me I shouldn't be in the world at all!
Page xv - It seems to me but natural that those three buried in a corner of my memory should suddenly get out into the light of the world — so natural that I offer no excuse for their existence.
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| Title | Victory, an Island Tale Collection of British Authors.4883 The Nelson classics |
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
| Publisher | Classic Books Company, 1929 |
| ISBN | 0742696316, 9780742696310 |
| Length | 396 pages |
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