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Page 336 - It must not be imagined that he was a wearisome hypochondriac. He was really much too well-bred to be a nuisance. He had an eye for the small weaknesses of humanity. But it was a good-natured eye. He made a restful, easy, pleasant companion for the hours between dinner and bedtime. We spent three evenings together, and then I had to leave Naples in a hurry to look after a friend who had fallen seriously ill in Taormina. Having nothing to do, // Conde came to see me off at the station.
Page 347 - young man," as the Count called him, said, " This seems very little." " It was, indeed, only 340 or 360 lire," the Count pursued. " I had left my money in the hotel, as you know. I told him...
Page 356 - See Naples and then die." Vedi Napoli e poi mori. It is a saying of excessive vanity, and everything excessive was abhorrent to the nice moderation of the poor Count. Yet, as I was seeing him off at the railway station, I thought he was behaving with singular fidelity to its conceited spirit. Vedi Napoli ! , . . He had seen it! He had seen it with startling thoroughness — and now he was going to his grave. He was going to it by the train de luxe of the International Sleeping Car Company, via Trieste...
Page 171 - Aha!' he triumphed, tilting up his hairless pug face and straddling his thin, long legs. 'That surprises you. I am bound to do my best for my company. They have enormous expenses. Why — our agent in Horta tells me they spend fifty thousand pounds every year in advertising all over the world!
Page 166 - But being myself animated by feelings of affection toward my fellowmen, I am saddened by the modern system of advertising. Whatever evidence it offers of enterprise, ingenuity, impudence, and resource in certain individuals, it proves to my mind the wide prevalence of that form of mental degradation which is called gullibility.
Page 343 - He did this several times before he noticed that there was somebody occupying one of the benches. The spot being midway between two lamp-posts the light was faint. The man lolled back in the corner of the seat, his legs stretched out, his arms folded and his head drooping on his breast. He never stirred, as though he had fallen asleep there, but when the Count passed by next time he had changed his attitude. He sat leaning forward. His elbows were propped on his knees, and his hands were rolling...
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Colonel Edward Saunderson: Land and Loyalty in Victorian Ireland Alvin Jackson No preview available - 1995 |
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| Title | A Set of Six Volume 4046 of Collection of British Authors Volume 4064 of Collection of British authors: Tauchnitz edition Works, Joseph Conrad |
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | Methuen, 1908 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Oct 2, 2007 |
| ISBN | 1427023247, 9781427023247 |
| Length | 244 pages |
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