Excerpt Details
Excerpt: The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad.

Full Text Search Details
...THE SECRET SHARER by Joseph Conrad A PENN S TATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Secret Sha... ...A PENN S TATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This P... ...S TATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ...r the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Serie... ...ile as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ...with a set of drawers under- neath. This amazing swimmer really needed the lift I gave him by seizing his leg. He tumbled in, rolled over on his back,... ... whiskers. I did not give him time to open his lips. “Square the yards by lifts and braces before the hands go to breakfast.” It was the first partic... ...oung fellow. His people had some interest with my owners. I was in a way forced to take him on. He looked very smart, very gentle- manly, and all th... ... could hear him pant slightly. It was all very simple. The same strung-up force which had given twenty-four men a chance, at least, for their lives, ...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: The Rescue by Joseph Conrad.

Full Text Search Details
...The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Rescue by J... ... A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Rescue by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- tab... ...r the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Rescue by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ... the binnacle. There he stopped again, exhausted and bored. From under the lifted glass panes of the cabin skylight near by came the feeble chirp of a... ...otionless as if made of wood and built into the ship’s frame. Thus, with a forced and tense watchfulness, Haji Wasub, serang of the brig Lightning, ke... ...like a pistol-shot. Carter stepped back. “Do you mean you would keep me by force?” he asked, startled. “Force,” repeated Lingard. “It rests with you. ... ...ht that he might have been knocked on the head by anybody strong enough to lift a crow-bar. He felt strangely irritated. He said loudly, aiming his wo... ...note to this threatening mur- mur of the winds. A long and slow undulation lifted the level of the waters, as if the sea had drawn a deep breath of an... ...reatness of significance, as if it had been the embodiment of some natural force, of a force forever masterful and undying. “And even now my life is u...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: Nostromo. A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad.

Full Text Search Details
...Nostromo A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Nostromo: A Tal... ...IC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ...ronic transmission, in any way. Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tronic Classics Series, Ji... ...that is nothing. I don’t care for that. Now and then I go away quietly and lift a bar of silver. I must get rich slowly—you un- derstand.” There was a... ...erate in its impulses, he is a Man of the People, their very own unenvious force, disdaining to lead but ruling from within. Years afterwards, grown o... ...ate; he by his legendary and daring feat, she, like a woman, simply by the force of what she is: the only being capable of inspiring a sincere passion... ...teeth was enough for them. They quailed be- fore him, sir. That’s what the force of character will do for you.” It could very well be said that it was... ... road; the trudging files of burdened Indians taking off their hats, would lift sad, mute eyes to the cavalcade raising the dust of the crumbling cami... ...lance; and the figure of the lately negotiated loan came into his mind. He lifted his glass. “I drink to the health of the man who brings us a million...

Full Text Search Details
...FREYA OF THE SEVEN ISLES by Joseph Conrad A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS S ERIES P UBLICA TION Fre... ...FREYA OF THE SEVEN ISLES by Joseph Conrad A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS S ERIES P UBLICA TION Freya of t... ...CTRONIC CLASSICS S ERIES P UBLICA TION Freya of the Seven Isles by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portab... ...an electronic transmission, in any way. Freya of the Seven Isles by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Clas- sics Series, Ji... ...d his boat to be manned it was in an angry voice. Freya’s existence, which lifted Jasper out of himself into a blissful elation, was for Heemskirk a c... ...hat gets carried off.” His white form seemed to shrink a little before the force of that assertion and she re- lented. “Isn’t it enough for you to kno... ...and the hour, what should she do if her father tried to detain her by main force—as was, after all, possible? Could she actually struggle with him han... ...d that’s what you are, too— a deep little devil. Stop it, I say, or I will lift you off that stool!” Standing behind her, he devoured her with his eye... ...ied by an explosive sound. Freya had swung her round, strong arm with such force that the impact of her open palm on his flat cheek turned him half ro...

Full Text Search Details
...Youth Youth Youth Youth Youth by by by by by Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad A Pen... ...Youth Youth Youth Youth Youth by by by by by Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad A Penn State... ...e University Electronic Classics Series Publication Youth, A Narrative by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This P... ...rsity Electronic Classics Series Publication Youth, A Narrative by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ...le as an electronic transmission, in any way. Youth, A Narrative by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ...g I did was to put my head down the square of the midship ventilator. As I lifted the lid a visible breath, some- thing like a thin fog, a puff of fai... ...l she smoked. The smoke kept coming out through imperceptible crevices; it forced itself through bulkheads and covers; it oozed here and there and eve... ...s no thicker now than that of an ordinary factory chimney. “W e rigged the force pump, got the hose along, and by-and- by it burst. Well, it was as ol... ...ding up and holding to our main-chains with the boat-hook did not deign to lift his head for a glance. I thought people who had been blown up deserved...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: A Smile of Fortune--Harbour Story by Joseph Conrad.

Full Text Search Details
...A SMILE OF FORTUNE HARBOUR STORY by Joseph Conrad A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS S ERIES P UBLICA TION A S... ...A SMILE OF FORTUNE HARBOUR STORY by Joseph Conrad A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS S ERIES P UBLICA TION A Smile of... ...TRONIC CLASSICS S ERIES P UBLICA TION A Smile of Fortune—Harbour Story by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This P... ...CLASSICS S ERIES P UBLICA TION A Smile of Fortune—Harbour Story by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ...n electronic transmission, in any way. A Smile of Fortune—Harbour Story by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Serie... ...ronic transmission, in any way. A Smile of Fortune—Harbour Story by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ... Doctor!” I exclaimed. “Y ou know that? Y es. A very able man. He wanted a lift in the world, and there was a good bit of money from her mother, besid... ...e young figure above the hips; when she passed near me I felt with tenfold force the charm of the peculiar, promising sensation I had formed the habit... ...n, more finished, more expressive. His thick hand fell on and grasped with force the back of a light chair (there were several standing about) and I p...

Full Text Search Details
...Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Heart of Darkne... ... State Electronic Classics Series Publication Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portabl... ...ile as an electronic transmission, in any way. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Se- ries, Ji... ...less disgust, the surrender, the hate.” He paused. “Mind,” he began again, lifting one arm from the elbow, the palm of the hand outwards, so that, wit... ...ng more, I suspect. They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force—nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an... ...Good-by. Adieu. In the tropics one must before everything keep calm.’ … He lifted a warning fore- finger… . ‘Du calme, du calme. Adieu.’ “One thing mo... ...vages. Behind this raw matter one of the reclaimed, the product of the new forces at work, strolled despondently, carrying a rifle by its middle. He h... ...rd against clerical errors in this climate.’ “One day he remarked, without lifting his head, “In the interior you will no doubt meet Mr. Kurtz.’ On my... ...d not in the least resemble a peace. It was the stillness of an implacable force brooding over an inscrutable inten- tion. It looked at you with a ven...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad.

Full Text Search Details
...Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad A PENN STAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICA TION Under Western... ...PENN STAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICA TION Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This P... ...AT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICA TION Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Serie... ...le as an electronic transmission, in any way. Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ...so, I could not have observed Mr. Razumov or guessed at his reality by the force of insight, much less have imagined him as he was. Even to invent the... ... of human nature comes into play here. Putting aside Samuel Pepys, who has forced in this way the door of immortality, innumerable people, criminals, ... ...hey appeared to him rational and indestructible at that moment. They had a force of harmony—in contrast with the horrible discord of this man’s presen... ...me memory or some illusion. Now and then a fatal conjunction of events may lift the veil for an instant. For an instant only. No human being could bea...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: The Shadow Line: A Confession by Joseph Conrad.

Full Text Search Details
...The Shadow Line A Confession by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Shadow Line... ...RONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Shadow Line: A Confession by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ...ectronic transmission, in any way. The Shadow Line: A Confession by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tronic Classics Series, Ji... ... observed that, of course, if I felt I must go he couldn’t keep me by main force. And it was arranged that I should be paid off the next morning. As I... ...rious earnestness. Well, it was an impulse of some sort; an effect of that force somewhere within our lives which shapes them this way or that. For if... ... Conrad dwelt uneasily in his body. He mused, then hastened on with gloomy force. “Y es! The captain died as near noon as possible. I looked through h... ...ore to the surface of his bedding. It was as if a depressing hand had been lifted off him. He an- swered my few words by a comparatively long, connect... ...ysterious rustle alongside. Otherwise, she had no mo- tion at all, neither lift nor roll. It was a disheartening steadiness which had lasted for eight... ... all alone aft, steering my ship, which ran before the wind with a buoyant lift now and then, and even roll- ing a little. Presently Ransome appeared ...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: Tales of Unrest by Joseph Conrad.

Full Text Search Details
...Tales of Unrest by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Tales of Unrest... ...NN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Tales of Unrest by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ... file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Tales of Unrest by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ...s around did not follow the masterful gesture with a look. He did not even lift his eyelids. He bowed his head behind his master, and without stirring... ... short of an earthquake. He summed up his race, his country, the elemental force of ardent life, of tropi- cal nature. He had its luxuriant strength, ... ...renzied eyes; old women hobbled about with dishes, and men, squatting low, lifted their heads to listen gravely without ceasing to eat. The song of tr... ...ghten him, but our at- tempts to make clear the irresistible nature of the forces which he desired to arrest failed to discour- age his eagerness to s... ...had gone suddenly from my side. The grass nodded. Then a bush rustled. She lifted her head. “I saw her! The consoler of sleepless nights, of weary day... ...ith them as with the earth, what there is in the core: heat, vio- lence, a force mysterious and terrible—or nothing but a clod, a mass fertile and ine...

Full Text Search Details
...Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad From the 1914 Methuen & Co. edition. A Penn State Electronic Classic... ...ctronic Classics Series Publication Chance: A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portab... ...electronic transmission, in any way. Chance: A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ...me. It was the industrious thin-necked man who without laying down his pen lifted with his left hand a flap near his desk and said kindly: “Pass this ... ...he might have gone shrinkingly on such an errand. But not a bit of it. The force of pedestrian genius I suppose. I raced by his side in a mood of prof... ... followed by complete subsid- ence. He faltered miserably as he added from force of habit: “The son of the poet, you know.” A silence fell. Fyne’s sev... ...ays when he was, according to the majority of the daily press, a financial force working for the improvement of the character of the people. I’ll tell... ...had run out after her to remind her of the balance at the bank. What about lifting that money without wasting any more time? She had promised him to l... ...me by his anxiety to discover what really had happened. He did not have to lift the knocker; the door stood open on the inside gloom of the hall; he w...

Full Text Search Details
... Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Amy Foster by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This P... ... A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Amy Foster by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- tab... ...t or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Amy Foster by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Serie... ...r the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Amy Foster by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Joseph Conrad AMY FOSTER by Joseph Conrad K ENNEDY IS A COUNTRY DOCTOR, and... ...ennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Joseph Conrad AMY FOSTER by Joseph Conrad K ENNEDY IS A COUNTRY DOCTOR, and lives ... ... back door of the “Ship Inn” in Brenzett. A dilapi- dated windmill near by lifting its shattered arms from a mound no loftier than a rubbish heap, and... ... as though the heart with-in him had been buoyant. Perhaps it was only the force of the contrast, but when he was passing one of these villagers here,... ... and everything was being shaken so that in one’s little box one dared not lift one’s head. He had lost touch with his only companion (a young man fro...

Full Text Search Details
...ALMAYER’S FOLLY: A STORY OF AN EASTERN RIVER by Joseph Conrad A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Almayer’s Folly... ...Series Publication Almayer’s Folly: A Story of an Eastern River by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Porta... ...ission, in any way. Almayer’s Folly: A Story of an Eastern River by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity, Electronic Classics Series, Ji... ..., rolling slowly over, raising upwards a long, denuded branch, like a hand lifted in mute appeal to heaven against the river’s brutal and unneces- sar... ...l, to his Eastern mind, convent or no convent, ceremony or no ceremony. He lifted his head and confronted the anxious yet irate sea- man. “I—of course... ...ers, driving logs, and the big trees bending before a brutal and merciless force. Undisturbed by the nightly event of the rainy monsoon, the father sl... ...apour. He was by no means patriotically elated by the event, yet he had to force himself into a gracious behaviour when, the official reception being ... ...f battle, Nina, with a contemptuous exclamation, “It’s only a trader,” had lifted the conquered curtain and now stood in full light, framed in the dar... ... of the reefs, but the persistent chase given him by the Dutch frigate had forced him to run south and ultimately to wreck and de- stroy his vessel in...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad.

Full Text Search Details
...W ITHIN THE T IDES Four Stories by Joseph Conrad from the 1919 J. M. Dent edition A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS ... ...AT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS S ERIES P UBLICA TION Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ...file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Se- ries, Ji... ...me to town, the appearance of the people in the street strike me with such force. They seem so awfully expressive.” “And not charming.” “Well—no. Not ... ...agine her subju- gated by something common was intolerable. Because of the force of the physical impression he had re- ceived from her personality (an... ...bject which, when he stooped for it, he found to be very cold and heavy to lift. The sickly white light of dawn showed him the head of a statue. Its m... ...es lest his strength should fail him. As before, when grappling with other forces of na- ture, he could find in himself all sorts of courage except th... ... existence.” 59 She did not even smile at those words, but, superb, as if lifting a corner of the veil, she turned on him slowly. “And do you imagine... ...of huddled sheep and thinks to himself: They won’t stay… Suddenly the ship lifts a little and sets down with a thump. Tide rising. Everybody beginning...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: A Set of Six by Joseph Conrad.

Full Text Search Details
... PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION A Set of Six by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ...the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Set of Six by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ...................................223 4 A Set of Six A Set of Six by Joseph Conrad TO MISS M. H. M. CAPES AUTHOR’S NOTE THE SIX STORIES in this volume ... ...I had to invent, too, I have made it sufficiently con- vincing by the mere force of its absurdity. The truth is that in my mind the story is nothing b... ... to time. Gaspar Ruiz had pushed his way to the window with irre- sistible force. His capacious chest needed more air than the others; his big face, r... ...t near the opening became very heartrending. But when the soldiers who had lifted the buckets towards the win- dow put them to the ground again helple... ...uiz in the house there would have been no difficulty in restraining him by force. It was now part of their policy in there to avoid any- thing which c... ...head. He stooped over her, and her raised arms fell upon his shoulders. He lifted her up, steadied himself and began to walk, looking straight before ... ... up a sort of structure with heaped-up saddles. The gun, ready loaded, was lifted on to that, but in the act of firing the whole thing collapsed and t...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: Typhoon by Joseph Conrad.

Full Text Search Details
...rad A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Typhoon by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- tab... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Typhoon by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ...ennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Joseph Conrad Typhoon by Joseph Conrad Far as the mariner on highest mast Can se... ...ughed immoderately with a handkerchief to her eyes, while he sat wearing a forced smile, and, from his inexperience of jolly women, fully persuaded th... ...d was to move the cowl round a few inches, with an enormous expenditure of force, and seemed spent in the effort. He leaned against the back of the wh... ...ed up to him. “Oh, Heavens!” ejaculated the engineer in a feeble voice. He lifted his eyes to the sky, and then let his glassy stare de- scend to meet... ...of an adversary, to pen- etrate the hidden intention and guess the aim and force of the thrust. The strong wind swept at him out of a vast obscurity; ... ...with a 35 Joseph Conrad concentrated solid force of impact that seemed to lift her clean out of the water and keep her up for an instant with only a ... ...y chest clat- tered turning over; a man fell head first with a jump, as if lifted by a kick; and farther off, indistinct, others streamed like a mass ...

Full Text Search Details
...End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION End of the Teth... ... STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ...ile as an electronic transmission, in any way. End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ...re enough she had to write; and some of these letters made Captain Whalley lift his white eye- brows. For the rest he considered he was reaping the tr... ...el. It would have had to come to that in the end! It was fortunate she had forced his hand. In another year or two it would have been an utterly barre... ...life in the enlarged impression of an august solitude. Captain Whalley had lifted his head to look, and his mind, disturbed in its meditation, turned ... ...light plant, its steam-power houses—with its gigan- tic sheer-legs, fit to lift the heaviest weight ever car- ried afloat, and whose head could be see... ...roning of an enormous bumblebee. Captain Whalley did not know what was the force or the weakness that prevented him from saying goodnight and walking ... ...tain Whalley’s muscular hands squeezed the iron rail with an extraordinary force; his eyes glared with an enormous effort; he knitted his eyebrows, th...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad.

Full Text Search Details
...An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad A PENN S TATE E LECTRONIC C LASSICS S ERIES P UBLICATION An Outcast... ...TRONIC C LASSICS S ERIES P UBLICATION An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portab... ...n electronic transmission, in any way. An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ...ed along the empty street, the feeling of his own greatness grew upon him, lifted him above the white dust of the road, and filled him with exultation... ..., and each time Willems started slightly, expecting his wife, but he never lifted his eyes, although straining his ears for the sound of her footsteps... ... old Rajah did not think it prudent at the time to in- terfere with him by force. Once settled, he began to intrigue. The quarrel of Patalolo with the... ... high and lucrative position. He—the man of violence—deprecated the use of force, for he had a clear comprehension of the diffi- cult situation. From ... ...days in Macassar. You drink too much.” “I drink my own,” retorted Almayer, lifting his head quickly and darting an angry glance at Willems. Those two ... ...otion carried 62 An Outcast of the Islands him past her, but an invisible force made up of sur- prise and curiosity and desire spun him round as soon...

Full Text Search Details
...The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes by Joseph Conrad A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Arrow of ... ...ennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Joseph Conrad The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes by Joseph Conrad FIRST N... ...illegal enterprise in the Gulf of Mexico. At once it occurred to 5 Joseph Conrad Mills that this eccentric youngster was the very person for what the... ... downcast. Blunt admitted that on that occasion the charm, brilliance, and force of her per- sonality was adequately framed between those magnificentl... ...ing ridiculous. I suppose fatality must be expressed, embodied, like other forces of this earth; and if so why not in such people as well as in other ... ...me that 32 The Arrow of Gold the old fellow made her heart beat with such force that she couldn’t manage to smile at him. And she saw his eyes run fu... ... he was lying in a very uncomfortable position and I asked him if I should lift him up a little higher on the pillows. Y ou know I am very strong. I c... ...ous fortune more brutally at her head. And his unrepentant death seemed to lift for a moment the curtain on something lofty and sinister like an Olymp... ...ay still, suffering acutely from a renewed sense of ex- istence, unable to lift an arm, and wondering why I was not at sea, how long I had slept, how ...

Full Text Search Details
...niscence eminiscence eminiscence eminiscence by by by by by J J J J Joseph Conrad oseph Conrad oseph Conrad oseph Conrad oseph Conrad A P A P A P A P ... ...blication ublication ublication ublication Falk, A Reminiscence by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ... as an electronic transmission, in any way. Falk, A Reminiscence by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ... signal halyards; but once a fortnight the family washing was exhibited in force. It covered the poop entirely. The after- noon breeze would incite to... ...known the sea too long to believe in its respect for decency. An elemental force is ruthlessly frank. It may, of course, have been Hermann’s skilful s... ...ed as to the decks, with unfeeling haste, as if to execution. And he would force you too to take the end of his own wire hawser, for the use of which ... ...d stop pay- ment of the towage bill before Falk had the time to get in and lift the money. Nothing could have been less in the spirit of my advice tha... ...crecy, went out of the room slamming the door with a crash that positively lifted us in our chairs. This, or else what I had said, huffed my Hermann, ... ...To this he said, very loud for him, “Would you?” And for the first time he lifted his head to look at me with wonder and incredulity. He lifted his he...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad.

Full Text Search Details
...Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Notes on Life a... ...LECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portab... ...n electronic transmission, in any way. Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ...ir up a subtle emotion while it starts a train of thought—and what greater force can be expected from human speech? But it is in naturalness that this... ... of effort and renunciation. It is the God-sent form of trust in the magic force and inspiration belonging to the life of this earth. We are inclined ... ... greatness of his dream. For what else could give him the serenity and the force to hug to his breast as a thing delight- ful and human, the virtue, t... ... everyday existence? The misguided man is for ever pottering amongst them, lifting up his voice, dotting his i’s in the wrong places. He takes Tartari... ...ngle, their abrupt clockwork nod- ding in a sea-way, so unlike the soaring lift and swing of a craft under sail, have in them something caricatural, a... ...ads of the cranes need not be any higher than the heads of the davits. The lift required would be only a couple of inches. As to the spin, there is a ...