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Page 154
... master of our sunniest smiles and our most unselfish tears ' , whom it was ' impossible to read without the most ready and pliant sympathy ' , he showed his readers what they themselves thought and felt of the great social problems ...
... master of our sunniest smiles and our most unselfish tears ' , whom it was ' impossible to read without the most ready and pliant sympathy ' , he showed his readers what they themselves thought and felt of the great social problems ...
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... masters and that particular Trades Union at an end ; secondly , declaring that no master would employ any work - man in future , unless he signed a declaration that he did not belong to any Trades Union , and pledged himself not to ...
... masters and that particular Trades Union at an end ; secondly , declaring that no master would employ any work - man in future , unless he signed a declaration that he did not belong to any Trades Union , and pledged himself not to ...
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... Master Mariner's Certificate . He did not , however , obtain a command until two years later . He remained at sea until 1894. His first novel , Almayer's Folly , was published a year later . Conrad had known French from childhood and ...
... Master Mariner's Certificate . He did not , however , obtain a command until two years later . He remained at sea until 1894. His first novel , Almayer's Folly , was published a year later . Conrad had known French from childhood and ...
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Acknowledgments | 7 |
The Beginnings | 19 |
The Eighteenth Century | 50 |
Copyright | |
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