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Page 104
Did you ever ” He had caught sight of me for the first time , and positively jumped
a foot high with astonishment . “ Who on earth ' s that there ? ” His astonishment
was comprehensible . The major , Without deigning to enlighten him , walked ...
Did you ever ” He had caught sight of me for the first time , and positively jumped
a foot high with astonishment . “ Who on earth ' s that there ? ” His astonishment
was comprehensible . The major , Without deigning to enlighten him , walked ...
Page 105
Before morning dawned she passed us , and before the close of the next day she
was gone out of sight ahead , steering , apparently , the same course with
ourselves . Her superior sailing had an enormous influence upon my fortunes ;
and I ...
Before morning dawned she passed us , and before the close of the next day she
was gone out of sight ahead , steering , apparently , the same course with
ourselves . Her superior sailing had an enormous influence upon my fortunes ;
and I ...
Page 118
I clambered furiously ; 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
...
I clambered furiously ; 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
...
Page 119
I was held pinned down to the deck , and he disappeared from my sight . Before
the ships had separated , I was carried below in the cabin of the schooner . They
left me alone there , and I sat with my head on my arms for a long time . I did not ...
I was held pinned down to the deck , and he disappeared from my sight . Before
the ships had separated , I was carried below in the cabin of the schooner . They
left me alone there , and I sat with my head on my arms for a long time . I did not ...
Page 154
... courage , they were no skull - and - crossbones pirates of the old kind , that ,
under the black flag , neither gave nor expected quarter . Their usual practice
was to hang in rowboats round some unfortunate ship becalmed in sight of their
coast ...
... courage , they were no skull - and - crossbones pirates of the old kind , that ,
under the black flag , neither gave nor expected quarter . Their usual practice
was to hang in rowboats round some unfortunate ship becalmed in sight of their
coast ...
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| Title | Romance: A Novel Volume 13 of The Concord edition of the works of Joseph Conrad |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1923 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2008 |
| ISBN | 074262658X, 9780742626584 |
| Length | 541 pages |
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