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Page 27
I am not easily knocked out by any such thing as heat , " she said decisively . “
Yes , but I don't forget that you're not a tropical bird . ” " You weren't born in these
parts , either , " she returned . " No , and perhaps I haven't even your physique .
I am not easily knocked out by any such thing as heat , " she said decisively . “
Yes , but I don't forget that you're not a tropical bird . ” " You weren't born in these
parts , either , " she returned . " No , and perhaps I haven't even your physique .
Page 36
There's that in you , Lena , which can console me for worse things , for uglier
passages . And if we forget , there are no voices here to remind us . " She had
raised her head before he paused . “ Nothing can break in on us here , ” he went
on ...
There's that in you , Lena , which can console me for worse things , for uglier
passages . And if we forget , there are no voices here to remind us . " She had
raised her head before he paused . “ Nothing can break in on us here , ” he went
on ...
Page 39
What an extraordinary thing ! " It was so extraordinary that nobody could possibly
appreciate how extraordinary it was but himself . His mind was full of mere
exclamations , while his feet were carrying him in the direction of the jetty .
What an extraordinary thing ! " It was so extraordinary that nobody could possibly
appreciate how extraordinary it was but himself . His mind was full of mere
exclamations , while his feet were carrying him in the direction of the jetty .
Page 42
It was more like those myths , current in Polynesia , of amazing strangers , who
arrive at an island , gods or demons , bringing good or evil to the innocence of
the inhabitants - gifts of unknown things , words never heard before . Heyst
noticed a ...
It was more like those myths , current in Polynesia , of amazing strangers , who
arrive at an island , gods or demons , bringing good or evil to the innocence of
the inhabitants - gifts of unknown things , words never heard before . Heyst
noticed a ...
Page 60
We were working a coal - mine here , " said the late manager of the Tropical Belt
Coal Company . " These are only the ghosts of things that have been . ” Mr.
Jones's teeth were suddenly started chattering by another faint puff of wind , a
mere ...
We were working a coal - mine here , " said the late manager of the Tropical Belt
Coal Company . " These are only the ghosts of things that have been . ” Mr.
Jones's teeth were suddenly started chattering by another faint puff of wind , a
mere ...
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| Title | Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2 Standard collection of British and American authors Victory: An Island Tale, Joseph Conrad |
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
| Publisher | Louis Conard, 1916 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 31 Jan 2019 |
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