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... become apparent to him : the benevolent , idealistic , unworldly master , the hard - bitten , humorous , realistic ... become nightmare ; the bad fairies are merely absurd no longer ; they have become ogres . ' Make ' em laugh , make ...
... become apparent to him : the benevolent , idealistic , unworldly master , the hard - bitten , humorous , realistic ... become nightmare ; the bad fairies are merely absurd no longer ; they have become ogres . ' Make ' em laugh , make ...
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... become a sailor in the French merchant service . He came to Eng- land in 1878 and thereafter sailed in British ships mainly in the Far East . In 1886 , he became a naturalized British subject and obtained his Master Mariner's ...
... become a sailor in the French merchant service . He came to Eng- land in 1878 and thereafter sailed in British ships mainly in the Far East . In 1886 , he became a naturalized British subject and obtained his Master Mariner's ...
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... becomes intoxicated by the exuberance of his own gorgeous verbosity . Conrad's prose is always heightened , heightened ... become momentarily blurred , the grand style falls into rhetoric . It is from about 1910 onwards that Conrad gives ...
... becomes intoxicated by the exuberance of his own gorgeous verbosity . Conrad's prose is always heightened , heightened ... become momentarily blurred , the grand style falls into rhetoric . It is from about 1910 onwards that Conrad gives ...
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Acknowledgments | 7 |
The Beginnings | 19 |
The Eighteenth Century | 50 |
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