There was no sign on the face of nature of this amazing tale that was not so much told as suggested to me in desolate exclamations, completed by shrugs, in interrupted phrases, in hints ending in deep sighs. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 5551899Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Conrad - 2002 - 225 pages
...ruined house on the hill— made me uneasy. There was no sign on the face of nature of this amazing tale that was not so much told as suggested to me in desolate...patient expectation, of unapproachable silence. The Russian was explaining to me that it was only lately that Mr Kurtz had come down to the river, bringing... | |
 | John P. Anderson - 2005 - 180 pages
...of Kurtz symbolically and indirectly: There was no sign on the face of nature of this amazing tale that was not so much told as suggested to me in desolate...of patient expectation, of unapproachable silence. Recently Kurtz The Russian was explaining to me that it was only lately that Mr. Kurtz had come down... | |
 | Carola M. Kaplan, Peter Joseph Mallios, Peter Lancelot Mallios, Andrea White - 2005 - 326 pages
...amazing reality of its concealed life What was in there? — The woods were unmoved, like a mask . . . they looked with their air of hidden knowledge, of...patient expectation, of unapproachable silence The long reaches that were like one and the same reach . . . slipped past the steamer with their multitude... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 2006 - 220 pages
...ruined house on the hill - made me uneasy. There was no sign on the face of nature of this amazing tale that was not so much told as suggested to me in desolate...patient expectation, of unapproachable silence. The Russian was explaining to me that it was only lately that Mr. Kurtz had come down to the river, bringing... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1925 - 371 pages
...house on the hill — made me uneasy. There was no sign on the face of nature of this amazing tale that was not so much told as suggested to me in desolate...patient expectation, of unapproachable silence. The Russian was explaining to me that it was only lately that Mr. Kurtz had come dorm to the river, bringing... | |
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