 She was savage and superb, wild-eyed and magnificent; there was something ominous and stately in her deliberate progress. And in the hush that had fallen suddenly upon the whole sorrowful land, the immense wilderness, the colossal body of the fecund and...  Postcolonial Con-Texts: Writing Back to the Canon - Page 41by John Thieme - 2002 - 208 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Scotland - 1899 - 1284 pages
...She must have had the value of several elephant tusks upon her. She was savage and superb, wild -eyed and magnificent ; there was something ominous and...the fecund and mysterious life seemed to look at her as though it had been looking at the image of its own tenebrous and passionate soul. " And we men also... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 402 pages
...glittered and trembled at every step. She must have had the value of several elephant tusks upon her. She was savage and superb, wild-eyed and magnificent;...the image of its own tenebrous and passionate soul. " She came abreast of the steamer, stood still, and faced us. Her long shadow fell to the water's edge.... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 410 pages
...glittered and trembled at every step. She must have had the value of several elephant tusks upon her. She was savage and superb, wild-eyed and magnificent;...the image of its own tenebrous and passionate soul. " She came abreast of the steamer, stood still, and faced us. Her long shadow fell to the water's edge.... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - Europeans - 1903 - 394 pages
...glittered and trembled at every step. She must have had the value of several elephant tusks upon her. She was savage and superb, wild-eyed and magnificent;...sorrowful land, the immense wilderness, the colossal bod}' of the fecund and mysterious life seemed to look at her, pensive, as though it had been looking... | |
 | Literature - 1914 - 780 pages
...passes bearing the dying Kurtz from the forest where he had lived so long in the very Heart of Darkness. She was savage and superb, wild-eyed and magnificent....progress. And in the hush that had fallen suddenly on the whole sorrowful land, the immense wilderness, the colossal body of the fecund and mysterious... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 440 pages
...glittered and trembled at every step. She must have had the value of several elephant tusks upon her. She was savage and superb, wild-eyed and magnificent...the image of its own tenebrous and passionate soul. " She came abreast of the steamer, stood still, and faced us. Her long shadow fell to the water's edge.... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 366 pages
...glittered and trembled at every step. She must have had the value of several elephant tusks upon her. She was savage and superb, wild-eyed and magnificent;...the image of its own tenebrous and passionate soul. "She came abreast of the steamer, stood still, and faced us. Her long shadow fell to the water's edge.... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 360 pages
...the value of several elephant tusks Upon her. -Sho wag gnvagp and gnpprh, wild-eved and knagnificent; there was something ominous and stately in her deliberate progress. ) And in the hush that hadv fallen suddenly upon the whole sorrowful land, the \ immense wilderness, the colossal body of... | |
 | Ethan Allen Cross - Short story - 1928 - 524 pages
...glittered and trembled at every step. She must have had the value of several elephant tusks upon her. She was savage and superb, wild-eyed and magnificent;...the image of its own tenebrous and passionate soul. " She came abreast of the steamer, stood still, and faced us. Her long shadow fell to the water's edge.... | |
 | 1900 - 874 pages
...gilttered and trembled at every step. She must have had the value of several elephant tusks upon her. She was savage and superb; wild-eyed and magnificent;...and stately in her deliberate progress. And In the sudden hush that had fallen upon the whole sorrowful land, the immense wilderness, the colossal body... | |
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