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Page 5
There was a coal - mine there , with an outcrop in the hillside less than five
hundred yards from the rickety wharf and the imposing blackboard . The
company ' s object had been to get hold of all the outcrops on tropical islands and
exploit them ...
There was a coal - mine there , with an outcrop in the hillside less than five
hundred yards from the rickety wharf and the imposing blackboard . The
company ' s object had been to get hold of all the outcrops on tropical islands and
exploit them ...
Page 27
Heyst ' s crime , for which Schomberg wished him nothing less than a long and
tormented existence . Observe the Teutonic sense of proportion and nice
forgiving temper . At last , one afternoon , Schomberg was seen approaching a
group of ...
Heyst ' s crime , for which Schomberg wished him nothing less than a long and
tormented existence . Observe the Teutonic sense of proportion and nice
forgiving temper . At last , one afternoon , Schomberg was seen approaching a
group of ...
Page 31
This was the latest of the more or less witty labels applied to Heyst during his
aimless pilgrimage in this section of the tropical belt , where the inane clacking of
Schomberg ' s tongue vexed our ears . But apparently Heyst was not a hermit by
...
This was the latest of the more or less witty labels applied to Heyst during his
aimless pilgrimage in this section of the tropical belt , where the inane clacking of
Schomberg ' s tongue vexed our ears . But apparently Heyst was not a hermit by
...
Page 52
But his humanity , which was not less strong and praiseworthy , had induced him
to take his steamer past Samburan wharf ( at an average distance of a mile )
every twentythree days — exactly . Davidson was delicate , humane and regular .
But his humanity , which was not less strong and praiseworthy , had induced him
to take his steamer past Samburan wharf ( at an average distance of a mile )
every twentythree days — exactly . Davidson was delicate , humane and regular .
Page 66
Scraps of tunes more or less plaintive reached his ears . They pursued him even
into his bedroom , which opened into an upstairs verandah . The fragmentary and
rasping character of these sounds made their intrusion inexpressibly tedious in ...
Scraps of tunes more or less plaintive reached his ears . They pursued him even
into his bedroom , which opened into an upstairs verandah . The fragmentary and
rasping character of these sounds made their intrusion inexpressibly tedious in ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Victory: An Island Tale The sun-dial library |
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1923 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 28 Aug 2009 |
| ISBN | 0385093144, 9780385093149 |
| Length | 462 pages |
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