We have lost the first of the ebb," said the Director, suddenly. I raised my head. The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky — seemed to... Youth: And Two Other Stories - Pagina 184di Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 381 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
| Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 410 pagine
...her hands. It seemed to me that the house would collapse before I could escape, that the heavens wouW fall upon my head. But nothing happened. The heavens...darkness. THE END OF THE TETHER THE END OF THE TETHER FOE a long time after the course of the steamer Sofala had been altered for the land, the low swampy... | |
| Richard Curle - 1914 - 270 pagine
...bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed sombre under an overcast sky — seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness. (Youth, " Heart of Darkness," p. 182.) The first of these quotations has the restful sadness that is... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 440 pagine
...bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed sombre under an overcast sky — seemed to lead into the...heart of an immense darkness. THE END OF THE TETHER I FOR a long time after the course of the steamer Sofala had been altered for the land, the low swampy... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 368 pagine
...bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed sombre under an overcast sky— seemed to lead into the heart...of darkness beyond a belt of glitter. The sunrays fell violently upon the calm sea — seemed to shatter themselves upon an adamantine surface into sparkling... | |
| Ford Madox Ford - 1924 - 298 pagine
...bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed sombre under an overcast sky — seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness." Naturally, as a British master mariner, he did not have to think of the offing as " le large ", but... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 360 pagine
...hfrart. rff nn immense darkness. >- r ^> • .>_// -. _,' << jr \ THE END OF THE TETHER THE END OP THE TETHER FOR a long time after the course of the...of darkness beyond a belt of glitter. The sunrays fell violently upon the calm sea—seemed to shatter themselves upon an adamantine surface into sparkling... | |
| Ethan Allen Cross - 1928 - 524 pagine
..."Would they have fallen, I wonder, if I had rendered Kurtz that justice which was his due ? Hadn 't he said he wanted only justice? But I couldn't. I...seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness. [449] MARTHA'S FIREPLACE * By Hamlin Garland . For twenty years Hamlin Garland has been a recognized... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 2004 - 205 pagine
...bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed sombre under an overcast sky — seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness. THE SECRET SHARER ON MY right hand there were lines of fishing stakes resembling a mysterious system of... | |
| David Galef - 1993 - 252 pagine
...bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed sombre under an overcast sky — seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness" (162). The transmission of the tale, down to the very wording of the central image, is complete. Just... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1990 - 84 pagine
...hands. It seemed to me that the house would collapse before I could escape, that the heavens would fall upon my head. But nothing happened. The heavens...seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness. (continued from front nap) A WHFTE HERON AND OTHER STORIES, Sarah Orne Jewett. (40884-1) THE ALTOBIOGRAPHY... | |
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