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Page 118
... I saw the deck of the old barque ; I had just one exulting sight of it , and then
Major Cowper uprose before my eyes and knocked me back on board the
schooner , tumbling after me himself . Twenty men flung themselves upon my
body .
... I saw the deck of the old barque ; I had just one exulting sight of it , and then
Major Cowper uprose before my eyes and knocked me back on board the
schooner , tumbling after me himself . Twenty men flung themselves upon my
body .
Page 123
He seized his mandolin , slung it round his neck , and leant against the bulkhead
. The bright light from the port - hole gilded the outlines of his body , as he
swayed about and moved his long fingers across the strings ; they tinkled
metallically .
He seized his mandolin , slung it round his neck , and leant against the bulkhead
. The bright light from the port - hole gilded the outlines of his body , as he
swayed about and moved his long fingers across the strings ; they tinkled
metallically .
Page 157
The general effect of the place was of vitality exhausted , of a body calcined , of
romance turned into stone . The still air , the hot sunshine , the white beach
curving around the deserted sheet of water , the sombre green of the hills , had
the ...
The general effect of the place was of vitality exhausted , of a body calcined , of
romance turned into stone . The still air , the hot sunshine , the white beach
curving around the deserted sheet of water , the sombre green of the hills , had
the ...
Page 178
There was something joyous and cruel in the shimmer of this piece of colour ,
contrasted with the dead white of the linen , the duskiness of the wasted face , the
dark head with no visible body , symbolically motionless . The confused shadows
...
There was something joyous and cruel in the shimmer of this piece of colour ,
contrasted with the dead white of the linen , the duskiness of the wasted face , the
dark head with no visible body , symbolically motionless . The confused shadows
...
Page 195
As we stood , by lunging between the two candlesticks , I should have been able
to run him through the body before he could cry out . I laid the sword on the table .
“ Would you trust a damned Irish rebel ? ” he asked . “ You are wrong in your ...
As we stood , by lunging between the two candlesticks , I should have been able
to run him through the body before he could cry out . I laid the sword on the table .
“ Would you trust a damned Irish rebel ? ” he asked . “ You are wrong in your ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance Volume 7 of Complete Works, Ford Madox Ford |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1903 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 28 Aug 2009 |
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