Which of us here has not observed this, or maybe experienced something of that feeling in his own person — this extreme weariness of emotions, the vanity of effort, the yearning for rest ? Those striving with unreasonable forces know it well — the... O. Henry Biography - Pagina 137di Charles Alphonso Smith - 1916 - 258 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
| 1899 - 1120 pagine
...waxes stronger as hope declines, till at last it conquers the very desire of life. Which of us here has not observed this, or maybe experienced something...rest? Those striving with unreasonable forces know it best, — the shipwrecked castaways in boats, wanderers lost in a desert, men battling against the... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 422 pagine
...desire of life. Which of us here has ^jf not observed this, or maybe experienced something of that fT \ feeling in his own person — this extreme weariness...might of nature or the stupid brutality of crowds." CHAPTER VIII " How long he stood stock-still by the hatch expecting every moment to feel the ship dip... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1905 - 408 pagine
...waxes stronger as hope declines, till at last it conquers the very desire of life. Which of us here has not observed this, or maybe experienced something...might of nature or the stupid brutality of crowds." CHAPTER VIII " How long he stood stock-still by the hatch expecting every moment to feel the ship dip... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1920 - 446 pagine
...waxes stronger as hope [declines, till at last it conquers the very desire of life. Which of us here has not observed this, or maybe experienced something of that feeling in his own person — this extrgrne_wgarin£ss_^f^ emotiqns,_thfL vanity nf effor|7~thir yearnTng for rest? TEose striving with... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 540 pagine
...waxes stronger as hope declines, till at last it conquers the very desire of life. Which of us here has not observed this, or maybe experienced something...might of nature, or the stupid brutality of crowds." CHAPTER EIGHT HOW long he stood stock-still by the hatch expecting every moment to feel the ship dip... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1924 - 440 pagine
...waxes stronger as hope declines, till at last it conquers the very desire of life. Which of us here has not observed this, or maybe experienced something...might of nature, or the stupid brutality of crowds." CHAPTER EIGHT "How long he stood stock-still by the hatch expecting every moment to feel the ship dip... | |
| Jørgen Erik Nielsen - 1992 - 166 pagine
...connected the breakdown with the Martians (1,14: 130). 1900 Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim: 7(13) CASTAWAY: "Those striving with unreasonable forces know it well,...shipwrecked castaways in boats, wanderers lost in a desert' (7: 88). [Also 1: 6; 5: 48; 7: 81.] LOOK-OUT: [10: 125; 14: 166; 44: 402.] LOOK ROUND: 'Now you have... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1993 - 308 pagine
...diis extreme weariness of emotions, die vanity of effort, die yearning for rest? Those striving widi unreasonable forces know it well - the shipwrecked...boats, wanderers lost in a desert, men battling against die undiinking might of nature, or die stupid brutality of crowds.' Chapter 8 'How LONG he stood stock-still... | |
| Gisela Argyle - 2002 - 284 pagine
...Patna by appealing to his audience: "Which of us here has not observed ... or maybe experienced ... this extreme weariness of emotions, the vanity of...rest? Those striving with unreasonable forces know it well."87 The protagonist in Victory (1915), Heyst, is an elaboration of Stein, just as the "Teutonic"... | |
| Martin Middeke - 2004 - 372 pagine
...auch auf den realen Leser projiziert hat: Which of us here has not observed this, or maybe experiences something of that feeling in his own person - this...might of nature, or the stupid brutality of crowds. (56) Albert Guerard sieht die Universalität von Jims Schicksal darin begründet, dass sich wohl fast... | |
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