The east side of the gulf is fringed with islands, some solitary, others in groups. On the blue background of the high coast they seem to float on silvery patches of calm water, arid and... TWIXT LAND AND SEA - Page 139by JOSEPH CONRAD - 1912Full view - About this book
| Joseph Conrad - 1924 - 258 pages
...came down on him sharply. "Aren't you properly awake yet?" "Yes, sir! I am awake." "Well, then, be good enough to hold yourself as if you were. And keep...patches of calm water, arid and grey, or dark green and rounded like clumps of evergreen bushes, with the larger ones, a mile or two long, showing the outlines... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 324 pages
..." Aren't you properly awake yet ? " " Yes, sir ! I am awake." as if you were. And keep a look out. If there's any current we'll be closing with some...patches of calm water, arid and grey, or dark green and rounded like clumps of evergreen bushes, with the larger ones, a mile or two long, showing the outlines... | |
| Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford - 1923 - 262 pages
...came down on him sharply. "Aren't you properly awake yet?" "Yes, sir! I am awake." "Well, then, be good enough to hold yourself as if you were. And keep...patches of calm water, arid and grey, or dark green and rounded like clumps of evergreen bushes, with the larger ones, a mile or two long, showing the outlines... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 266 pages
...came down on him sharply. "Aren't you properly awake yet?" "Yes, sir! I am awake." "Well, then, be good enough to hold yourself as if you were. And keep...patches of calm water, arid and grey, or dark green and rounded like clumps of evergreen bushes, with the larger ones, a mile or two long, showing the outlines... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1925 - 262 pages
...came down on him sharply. "Aren't you properly awake yet?" "Yes, sir! I am awake." "Well, then, be good enough to hold yourself as if you were. And keep...patches of calm water, arid and grey, or dark green and rounded like clumps of evergreen bushes, with the larger ones, a mile or two long, showing the outlines... | |
| Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford - 1921 - 264 pages
...came down on him sharply. "Aren't you properly awake yet?" "Yes, sir! I am awake." "Well, then, be good enough to hold yourself as if you were. And keep...current we'll be closing with some islands before day, light." The east side of the gulf is fringed with islands, some solitary, others in groups. On... | |
| Dorothy Brewster - Fiction - 1928 - 536 pages
...came down on him sharply. "Aren't you properly awake yet?" "Yes, sir! I am awake." "Well, then, be good enough to hold yourself as if you were. And keep...patches of calm water, arid and grey, or dark green and rounded like clumps of evergreen bushes, with the larger ones, a mile or two long, showing the outlines... | |
| Joseph Conrad - Fiction - 1997 - 276 pages
...came down on him sharply. 'Aren't you properly awake yet?' 'Yes, sir! I am awake.' 'Well, then, be good enough to hold yourself as if you were. And keep...patches of calm water, arid and grey, or dark green and rounded like clumps of evergreen bushes, with the larger ones, a mile or two long, showing the oudines... | |
| Joseph Conrad - Fiction - 2002 - 310 pages
...improper fashion that I came down on him sharply. "Aren't you properly awake yet?" "Yes, sir! I am awake." keep a look-out. If there's any current we'll be closing...patches of calm water, arid and grey, or dark green and rounded like clumps of evergreen bushes, with the larger ones, a mile or two long, showing the outlines... | |
| Joseph Conrad - Fiction - 2008 - 10 pages
...improper fashion that I came down on him sharply. "Aren't you properly awake yet?" "Well, then, be good enough to hold yourself as if you were. And keep a good lookout. If there's any current at all we'll be closing with some islands long before daylight."... | |
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