 I remember the heat, the deluge of rain-squalls that kept us baling for dear life (but filled our water-cask), and I remember sixteen hours on end with a mouth dry as a cinder and a steering-oar over the stern to keep my first command head on to a breaking...  Youth: And Two Other Stories - Page 41by Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 381 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 394 pages
...days of calm when we pulled, we pulled, and the boat seemed to stand still, as if bewitched within the circle of the sea horizon. I remember the heat,...sea. I did not know how good a man I was till then. I remenlber the drawn faces, 1 the dejected figures of my two men, and I remember my \ youth and the... | |
 | Martin Wright Sampson, Ernest Otto Holland - 1907 - 316 pages
...horizon. 1 remember the heat, the deluge of rain-squalls that kept us bailing for dear life (but tilled our water-cask), and I remember sixteen hours on end...how good a man I was till then. I remember the drawn faces, the dejected figures of my two men, and I remember my youth and the feeling that will never... | |
 | Martin Wright Sampson, Ernest Otto Holland - 1907 - 316 pages
...the circle of the sea horizon. 1 remember the heat, the deluge of rain-squalls that kept us bailing for dear life (but filled -our water-cask), and I...sixteen hours on end with a mouth dry as a cinder and a,steering-oar over the stern to keep my first command head on to a breaking sea. I did not know how... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1924 - 366 pages
...days of calm, when we pulled, we pulled, and the boat seemed to stand still, as if bewitched within the circle of the sea horizon. I remember the heat,...deluge of rainsqualls that kept us baling for dear lif e (but filled our water-cask), and I remember sixteen hours on end with a mouth dry as a cinder... | |
 | Logan Pearsall Smith - 1920 - 264 pages
...days of calm when we pulled, we pulled, and the boat seemed to stand still, as if bewitched within the circle of the sea horizon. I remember the heat,...how good a man I was till then. I remember the drawn faces, the dejected figures of my two men, and I remember my youth and the feeling that will never... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 364 pages
...days of calm, when we pulled, we pulled, and the boat seemed to stand still, as if bewitched within the circle of the sea horizon. I remember the heat,...how good a man I was till then. I remember the drawn faces, the dejected figures of my two men, and I remember my youth and the feeling that will never... | |
 | Logan Pearsall Smith - 1920 - 272 pages
...days of calm when we pulled, we pulled, and the boat seemed to stand still, as if bewitched within the circle of the sea horizon. I remember the heat,...breaking sea. I did not know how good a man I was till then.ll remember the drawn faces, the dejected figures 01 my two men, and I remember my youth and the... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 440 pages
...days of calm, when we pulled, we pulled, and the boat seemed to stand still, as if bewitched within the circle of the sea horizon. I remember the heat,...first command head on to a breaking sea. I did not inow how good a man I was till then. I remember the drawn faces, the dejected figures of my two men,... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1923 - 252 pages
...days of calm when we pulled, we pulled, and the boat seemed to stand still, as if bewitched within the circle of the sea horizon. I remember the heat, the deluge of rainsqualls that kept us bailing for dear life (but filled our water-cask), and I remember sixteen hours on end with a mouth... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1923 - 284 pages
...days of calm when we pulled, we pulled, and the boat seemed to stand still, as if bewitched within the circle of the sea horizon. I remember the heat, the deluge of rainsqualls that kept us bailing for dear life (but filled our water-cask), and I remember sixteen hours on end with a mouth... | |
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