 The Malay only grunted, and went on looking fixedly at the river. The white man rested his chin on his crossed arms and gazed at the wake of the boat. At the end of the straight avenue of forests cut by the intense glitter of the river, the sun appeared...  Applications of Grammar 3 - Page 6by Garry J. Moes - 1998 - 329 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Joseph Conrad - 1898 - 370 pages
...in Arsat's clearing. It is late." The Malay only grunted, and went on looking fixedly at the river. The white man rested his chin on his crossed arms...shone smoothly like a band of metal. The forests, sombre and dull, stood motionless and silent on each side of the broad stream. At the foot of big,... | |
 | Harry Torsey Baker - 1916 - 296 pages
...from Conrad's story, The Lagoon.1 I have italicized a few phrases which are particularly felicitous: The white man rested his chin on his crossed arms...shone smoothly like a band of metal. The forests, sombre and dull, stood motionless and silent on each side of the broad stream. At the foot of big,... | |
 | 1919 - 926 pages
...vivid page from The Lagoon: a white man and his Malay servants are paddling up a tropical river: " At the end of the straight avenue of forests cut by...shone smoothly like a band of metal. The forests, sombre and dull, stood motionless and silent on each side of the broad stream. At the foot of the big,... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 232 pages
...in Arsat's clearing. It is late." The Malay only grunted, and went on looking fixedly at the river. The white man rested his chin on his crossed arms...shone smoothly like a band of metal. The forests, sombre and dull, stood motionless and silent on each side of the broad stream. At the foot of big,... | |
 | Kenneth Allan Robinson - 1924 - 522 pages
...in Arsat's clearing. It is late." The Malay only grunted, and went on looking fixedly at the river. The white man rested his chin on his crossed arms...shone smoothly like a band of metal. The forests, sombre and dull, stood motionless and silent on each side of the broad stream. At the foot of big,... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1920 - 230 pages
...in Arsat's clearing. It is late." The Malay only grunted, and went on looking fixedly at the river. The white man rested his chin on his crossed arms...shone smoothly like a band of metal. The forests, sombre and dull, stood motionless and silent on each side of the broad stream. At the foot of big,... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1925 - 450 pages
...in Arsat's clearing. It is late." The Malay only grunted, and went on looking fixedly at the river. The white man rested his chin on his crossed arms...shone smoothly like a band of metal. The forests, sombre and dull, stood motionless and silent on each side of the broad stream. At the foot of big,... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1920 - 234 pages
...in Arsat's clearing. It is late/' The Malay only grunted, and went on looking fixedly at the river. The white man rested his chin on his crossed arms...shone smoothly like a band of metal. The forests, sombrelind dull, stood motionless and silent on each side of the broad stream. At the foot of big,... | |
 | Lisbeth Littrup - 1996 - 278 pages
...help but be hypnotised by this passage from the introductory paragraphs of 'The Lagoon', for example, At the end of the straight avenue of forests cut by...shone smoothly like a band of metal. The forests, sombre and dull, stood motionless and silent on each side of the broad stream. At the foot of big,... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1997 - 276 pages
...in Arsat's clearing. It is late.' The Malay only grunted, and went on looking fixedly at the river. The white man rested his chin on his crossed arms...shone smoothly like a band of metal. The forests, sombre and dull, stood motionless and silent on each side of the broad stream. At the foot of big,... | |
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