 ... of an Eastern crowd. And all these beings stared without a murmur, without a sigh, without a movement. They stared down at the boats, at the sleeping men who at night had come to them from the sea. Nothing moved. The fronds of palms stood still against...  Youth and Two Other Stories - Pagina 41di Joseph Conrad - 1924 - 339 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1925 - 1262 pagine
...at the sleeping men who at night had come to them from the sea. Nothing moved. The fronds of palms stood still against the sky. Not a branch stirred...old, so mysterious, resplendent and sombre, living andmicHanged, full of danger and promise. And these were tfie men. I sat up suddenly. A wave of movement... | |
 | Marjorie Hope Nicolson - 1925 - 472 pagine
...at the sleeping men who at night had come to them from the sea. Nothing moved. The fronds of palms stood still against the sky. Not a branch stirred...navigators, so old, so mysterious, resplendent and somber, living and unchanged, full of danger and promise. And these were the men. I sat up suddenly.... | |
 | Helen Bartlett Bridgman - 1925 - 286 pagine
...against the sky. Not a branch stirred, and the brown roofs of the hidden houses peeped through the foliage, through the big leaves that hung shining...This was the East of the ancient navigators, so old, mysterious, resplendent and sombre, living and unchanged." Yet it was only for that exquisite, virgin... | |
 | Mary Burchard Orvis - 1928 - 314 pagine
...at the sleeping men who at night had come upon them from the sea. Nothing moved. The fronds of palms stood still against the sky. Not a branch stirred...of the ancient navigators, so old, so mysterious, full of danger and promise. And these were the men. I sat up suddenly. A wave of movement passed through... | |
 | Henry Chester Tracy - 1928 - 342 pagine
...had come to them from the sea. Nothing moved. The fronds of palms stood still against the sky. . . . This was the East of the ancient navigators, so old,...danger and promise. And these were the men. . . . "I have known its fascination since; I have seen the mysterious shores, the still water, the lands of... | |
 | 1898 - 600 pagine
...at the sleeping men that at night had come to them from the sea. Nothing moved. The fronds of palms stood still against the sky. Not a branch stirred...through the green foliage, through the big leaves that were shining and still like leaves forged of heavy metal. This was the East of the ancient navigators,... | |
 | 1898 - 1092 pagine
...at the sleeping men that at night had come to them from the sea. Nothing moved. The fronds of palms stood still against the sky. Not a branch stirred...through the green foliage, through the big leaves that were shining and still like leaves forged of heavy metal. This was the East of the ancient navigators,... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1995 - 244 pagine
...sleeping men who at night had come to them from the sea. Nothing moved. The fronds of palms stood sail against the sky. Not a branch stirred along the shore,...and the brown roofs of hidden houses peeped through die green foliage, through the big leaves that hung shining and still like leaves forged of heavy metal.... | |
 | Ford Madox Ford - 2004 - 352 pagine
...at the sleeping men who at night had come to them from the sea. Nothing moved. The fronds of palms stood still against the sky. Not a branch stirred along the shore, and the brown roofs ot hidden houses peeped through the green foliage, through the big leaves that hung, shining, and still... | |
 | M. Antonietta Vidori, Giuseppe De Benedittis - 2005 - 100 pagine
...at the sleeping men who at night had come to them from the sea. Nothing moved. The fronds of palms stood still against the sky. Not a branch stirred...leaves forged of heavy metal. This was the East of ancient navigators, so old, so mysterious, resplendent and sombre, living and unchanged, full of danger... | |
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