 ... no two of the same size; all this brought within reach of my hand, as it were. And then I made a brusque movement, and one of the remaining posts of that vanished fence leaped up in the field of my glass. You remember I told you I had been struck...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 5551899Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 394 pages
...the ruined roof, the long mud wall peeping above the grass, with three little square window-holes, no two of the same size; all this brought within reach...at ornamentation, rather remarkable in the ruinous aspect of the place. Now I had suddenly a nearer view, and its first result was to make me throw my... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 404 pages
...the ruined roof, the long mud wall peeping above the grass, with three little square window-holes, no two of the same size; all this brought within reach...been struck at the distance by certain attempts at ornamenta[ 147 ] tion, rather remarkable in the ruinous aspect of the place. Now I had suddenly a nearer... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 410 pages
...mud wall peeping above the grass, with three little square window-holes, no two of the same size; nil this brought within reach of my hand, as it were....glass. You remember I told you I had been struck at fhe distance by certain attempts at ornamentaf 147 ] tion, rather remarkable in the ruinous aspect... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 440 pages
...the ruined roof, the long mud wall peeping above the grass, with three little square window-holes, no two of the same size ; all this brought within...at ornamentation, rather remarkable in the ruinous aspect of the place. Now I had suddenly a nearer view, and its first result was to make me throw my... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 368 pages
...the ruined roof, the long mud wall peeping above the grass, with three little square window-holes, no two of the same size; all this brought within reach...at ornamentation, rather remarkable in the ruinous aspect of the place. Now I had suddenly a nearer view, and its first result was to make me throw my... | |
 | Ethan Allen Cross - 1928 - 524 pages
...the ruined roof, the long mud wall peeping above the grass, with three little square window-holes, no two of the same size ; all this brought within...at ornamentation, rather remarkable in the ruinous aspect of the place. Now I had suddenly a nearer view, and its first result was to make me throw my... | |
 | 1900 - 874 pages
...the ruined roof, the long mud wall peeping above the grass, with three little, square windowholes, no two of the same size; all this brought within reach of my band, a» It were. And then I made a brusque movement, and one of the remaining posts of that vanished... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1990 - 84 pages
...1 came up — took my chance,' said the Russian. 'Oh, he is bad, very bad.' I directed my glass to the house. There were no signs of life, but there...fence leaped up in the field of my glass. You remember 1 told you 1 had been struck at the distance by certain attempts at ornamentation, rather remarkable... | |
 | Marianna Torgovnick - 1990 - 350 pages
...example, those heads that adorn Kurtz's palisade, and provide the first hints of "Kurtz's methods": You remember I told you I had been struck at the distance...at ornamentation, rather remarkable in the ruinous aspect of the place. Now I had suddenly a nearer view and its first result was to make me throw my... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1995 - 244 pages
...the ruined roof, the long mud wall peeping above the grass, with three little square window-holes, no two of the same size; all this brought within reach...at ornamentation, rather remarkable in the ruinous aspect of the place. Now I had suddenly a nearer view, and its first result was to make me throw my... | |
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