 Near the same tree two more bundles of acute angles sat with their legs drawn up. One, with his chin propped on his knees, stared at nothing, in an intolerable and appalling manner: his brother phantom rested its forehead, as if over-come with a great...  Complete Works - Seite 67von Joseph Conrad - 1903Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1899 - 1284 Seiten
...worsted round his neck — Why ? Where did he get it ? Was it a badge — an ornament — a charm — a propitiatory act? Was there any idea at all connected...brother phantom rested its forehead, as if overcome with a great weariness ; and all about others were scattered in every pose of contorted collapse, as... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 394 Seiten
...worsted round his neck — Why? Where did he get it? Was it a badge — an ornament — a charm — a propitiatory act? Was there any idea at all connected...'brother phantom rested its forehead, as if overcome with a great weariness ; and all about others were scattered in every pose of contorted collapse, as... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 410 Seiten
...worsted round his neck — Why? Where did he get it? Was it a badge — an ornament— a charm — a propitiatory act? Was there any idea at all connected...intolerable and appalling manner: his brother phantom rested .jts forehead, as if overcome with a great weariness ; and all about others were scattered in every... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 364 Seiten
...worstedJound his neck — Why? Where did he get it? Was it a badge — an ornament — a charm — a propitiatory act? Was there any idea at all connected...same tree two more bundles of acute angles sat with then- legs drawn up. One, with his chin propped on his knees, stared at nothing, in an intolerable... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 440 Seiten
...worsted round his neck — Why ? Where did he get it ? Was it a badge — an ornament — a charm — a propitiatory act ? Was there any idea at all connected...brother phantom rested its forehead, as if overcome with a great weariness ; and all about others were scattered in every pose of contorted collapse, as... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 368 Seiten
...worsted round his neck — Why? Where did he get it? Was it a badge — an ornament — a charm — a propitiatory act? Was there any idea at all connected...brother phantom rested its forehead, as if overcome with a great weariness; and all about others were scattered in every pose of contorted collapse, as... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 360 Seiten
...worsted round his neck — Why? Where did he get it? Was it a badge — an ornament — a charm — a propitiatory act? Was there any idea at all connected...same tree two more bundles of acute angles sat with then- legs drawn up. One, with his chin propped on his knees, stared at nothing, in an intolerable... | |
 | Lucius Adelno Sherman - 1925 - 372 Seiten
...angles. P. 77. Conrad ventures (Youth, p. 76) this rather striking use of form for objects exhibiting it: Near the same tree two more bundles of acute angles sat with their legs drawn up. P. 82. The first postulate of Description with each of us should be, Whatever I can see, that is, analyze... | |
 | Ian Watt - 1981 - 400 Seiten
...belief, leads him to wonder: "Why? Where did he get it? Was it a badge — an ornament — a charm — a propitiatory act? Was there any idea at all connected...neck, this bit of white thread from beyond the seas." The bit of white thread is an eloquent example of how effectively Conrad animates objects with the... | |
 | Tzvetan Todorov - 1990 - 150 Seiten
...could see from afar the white of their eyeballs glistening" (13-14). Or those who work for the whites: "It looked startling round his black neck, this bit of white thread from beyond the seas" (18). Danger is black, too, even to the point of comedy: a Danish captain gets killed because of two... | |
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