 I saw brown, bronze, yellow faces, the black eyes, the glitter, the colour of an Eastern crowd. And all these beings stared without a murmur, without a sigh, without a movement. They stared down at the boats, at the sleeping men who at night had come...  World's Work - Page 207edited by - 1903Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 410 pages
...jetty was full of people. I saw brown, bronze, yellow faces, the black eyes, the glitter, the color of an Eastern crowd. And all these beings stared without...moved. The fronds of palms stood still against the sky. Not a branch stirred along the shore, and the brown roofs of hidden houses peeped through the green... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 394 pages
...jetty was full of people. I saw brown, bronze, yellow faces, the black eyes, the glitter, the color of an Eastern crowd. And all these beings stared without...moved. The fronds of palms stood still against the sky. Not a branch stirred along the shore, and the brown roofs of hidden houses peeped through the green... | |
 | John Livingston Lowes - 1919 - 368 pages
...jetty was full of people. I saw brown, bronze, yellow faces, the black eyes, the glitter, the color of an Eastern crowd. And all these beings stared without a murmur, without a sigh, without a movement. . . . Nothing moved. The fronds of palms stood still against the sky. Not a branch stirred along the... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 364 pages
...looking at me. The whole length of the jetty was full of people. I saw brown, bronze, yellow faces, the black eyes, the glitter, the colour of an Eastern...to them from the sea. Nothing moved. The fronds of ,x palms stood still against the sky. Not a branch stirred along the shore, and the brown roofs of... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 440 pages
...looking at me. The whole length of the jetty was full of people. I saw brown, bronze, yellow faces, the black eyes, the glitter, the colour of an Eastern...moved. The fronds of palms stood still against the sky. Not a branch stirred along the shore, and the brown roofs of hidden houses peeped through the green... | |
 | John Albert Macy - 1922 - 346 pages
...jetty was full of people. I saw brown, bronze, yellow faces, the black eyes, the glitter, the color of an Eastern crowd. And all these beings stared without...moved. The fronds of palms stood still against the sky. Not a branch stirred along the shore, and the brown roofs of hidden houses peeped through the green... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 368 pages
...looking at me. The whole length of the jetty was full of people. I saw brown, bronze, yellow faces, the black eyes, the glitter, the colour of an Eastern crowd. And \\\ these beings stared without a murmur, without a wb, without a movement. They stared down at the... | |
 | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1925 - 1124 pages
...looking at me. The whole length of the jetty was full of people. I saw brown, bronze, yellow faces, the black eyes, the glitter, the colour of an Eastern...moved. The fronds of palms stood still against the sky. Not a branch stirred along the shore, and the brown roofs of hidden houses peeped through the green... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 360 pages
...looking at me. The whole length of the jetty was full of people. I saw brown, bronze, yellow faces, the black eyes, the glitter, the colour of an Eastern...moved. The fronds of palms stood still against the sky. Not a branch stirred along the shore, and the brown roofs of hidden houses peeped through the green... | |
 | Marjorie Hope Nicolson - 1925 - 466 pages
...jetty was full of people. I saw brown, bronze, yellow faces, the black eyes, the glitter, the color of an Eastern crowd. And all these ' . beings stared...moved. The fronds of palms stood still against the sky. Not a branch stirred along the shore, ; and the brown roofs of hidden houses peeped through the green... | |
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