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Page 141
good padre discharged a pistol into my breast . He went away ; and when I leapt
up , I saw a young man in black velvet and white ruffles staring at me out of the
large mirror set frameless into the wall , like the apparition of a Spanish ghost
with ...
good padre discharged a pistol into my breast . He went away ; and when I leapt
up , I saw a young man in black velvet and white ruffles staring at me out of the
large mirror set frameless into the wall , like the apparition of a Spanish ghost
with ...
Page 142
Seraphina ' s unstirring head was lighted strongly by a two - branched sconce on
the wall ; and when I stood by her side , not even the shadow of the eyelashes on
her cheek trembled . Carlos ' lips moved ; his voice was almost extinct ; but for ...
Seraphina ' s unstirring head was lighted strongly by a two - branched sconce on
the wall ; and when I stood by her side , not even the shadow of the eyelashes on
her cheek trembled . Carlos ' lips moved ; his voice was almost extinct ; but for ...
Page 148
... how he dismayed us by that shake of the finger . The tall girl dropped her
candlestick with a clatter , and fled along the gallery like a shadow . La Chica
cowered under the wall . The 148 ROMANCE.
... how he dismayed us by that shake of the finger . The tall girl dropped her
candlestick with a clatter , and fled along the gallery like a shadow . La Chica
cowered under the wall . The 148 ROMANCE.
Page 149
La Chica cowered under the wall . ... into his cell , if there were not the prison , the
locks , the bars , the heavy gates and the walls , all the apparatus of captivity ,
and the superior weight of the idea chaining down the will , if not the courage .
La Chica cowered under the wall . ... into his cell , if there were not the prison , the
locks , the bars , the heavy gates and the walls , all the apparatus of captivity ,
and the superior weight of the idea chaining down the will , if not the courage .
Page 152
La Chica , silent , as if exhausted , drooped lamentably , with her shoulder
against the wall , by Seraphina ' s door ; and the pure crystalline sound of the
fountain below , enveloping the parting pause , seemed to wind its coldness
round my ...
La Chica , silent , as if exhausted , drooped lamentably , with her shoulder
against the wall , by Seraphina ' s door ; and the pure crystalline sound of the
fountain below , enveloping the parting pause , seemed to wind its coldness
round my ...
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Page 41 - Here's the mahn ye were speerin' after. Here's Macdonald." It was the voice of Barnes, and the voice of the every day. I discovered that I had been tremendously upset. The pulses in my temples were throbbing, and I wanted to shut my eyes — to sleep! I was tired; Romance had departed. Barnes and the Macdonald he had found for me represented all the laborious insects of the world; all the ants who are forever hauling immensely heavy and immensely unimportant burdens up weary hillocks, down steep...
Bibliographic information
| Title | Romance: A Novel |
| Authors | Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page, 1922 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 3 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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