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Page 36
I imagined him an aristocratic scapegrace , a corsair - it was the Byronic period
thensailing out to marry a sort of shimmering princess with hair like Veronica ' s ,
bright golden , and a face like that of a certain keeper ' s daughter . Carlos ...
I imagined him an aristocratic scapegrace , a corsair - it was the Byronic period
thensailing out to marry a sort of shimmering princess with hair like Veronica ' s ,
bright golden , and a face like that of a certain keeper ' s daughter . Carlos ...
Page 41
He had in a pronounced degree the Nova Scotian peculiarities and accent , and
after he . had shaved , his face shone like polished leather . " Hallo ! ” he said . “
See heeyur , young Kemp , does your neck just itch to be stretched ? ” I looked at
...
He had in a pronounced degree the Nova Scotian peculiarities and accent , and
after he . had shaved , his face shone like polished leather . " Hallo ! ” he said . “
See heeyur , young Kemp , does your neck just itch to be stretched ? ” I looked at
...
Page 47
... said Carlos gently — “ you must - ” And , looking me straight in the face with a
still , penetrating glance of his big , romantic eyes , “ It is a good life , ” he
whispered seductively , “ and I like you , John Kemp . You are young very young
yet .
... said Carlos gently — “ you must - ” And , looking me straight in the face with a
still , penetrating glance of his big , romantic eyes , “ It is a good life , ” he
whispered seductively , “ and I like you , John Kemp . You are young very young
yet .
Page 64
... to Mrs . Macdonald ; he would be sitting beside her hammock on the veranda ,
his head very much down on his breast , very much on one side , and his great
hump portending over his little white face , and ruffling up his ragged black hair .
... to Mrs . Macdonald ; he would be sitting beside her hammock on the veranda ,
his head very much down on his breast , very much on one side , and his great
hump portending over his little white face , and ruffling up his ragged black hair .
Page 67
That resolved itself into a man slumbering in a wheelbarrow , his white face
turned up to the moon . A sort of buzz of voices came from above ; then a man in
European clothes was silhouetted against the light in the doorway . He held a full
...
That resolved itself into a man slumbering in a wheelbarrow , his white face
turned up to the moon . A sort of buzz of voices came from above ; then a man in
European clothes was silhouetted against the light in the doorway . He held a full
...
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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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