Of the stratagems of life the most cruel is the consolation of love — the most subtle, too; for the desire is the bed of dreams. He turned the pages of the little volume, "Storm and Dust," glancing here and there at the broken text of reflections, maxims,... Victory - Page 219by Joseph Conrad - 1921Full view - About this book
| Joseph Conrad - Abused women - 1921 - 482 pages
...floor, naively, in sheer unsophisticated disgust of the physical sensation. He shook his head, s^prised at himself. He was not used to receive his" intellectual...the most cruel is the consolation of love — the moat subtle, too; for the desire is the bed of dreams. He turned the pages of the little volume, "Storm... | |
| Leon Harold Craig - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 482 pages
...analysing ideas and actions, the laughter and the frowns of men, and the grimaces of their agony. ... And Heyst, the son, read: Of the stratagems of life...father's voice, speaking and ceasing to speak again. He abandoned himself to the half-belief that something of his father dwelt yet on earth - a ghostly... | |
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