 ... ice, shimmering in the dark. A red light burns far off upon the gloom of the land, and the night is soft and warm. We drag at the oars with aching arms, and suddenly a puff of wind, a puff faint and tepid and laden with strange...  Youth: And Two Other Stories - Page 37by Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 339 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 410 pages
...tepid and laden with strange odors of blossoms, of aromatic wood, comes out of the still night — the first sigh of the East on my face. That I can never forget. It was impalpable and enslaving, Jjke a charm, like a whispered promise of mysterious delight. " We had been pulling this finishing... | |
 | Hammond Lamont - 1906 - 394 pages
...tepid and laden with strange odors of blossoms, of aromatic wood, comes out of the still night — the first sigh of the East on my face. That I can never...charm, like a whispered promise of mysterious delight. — JOSEPH CONRAD in Youth. By a variation of the same method — the narrative method it is sometimes... | |
 | Hammond Lamont - 1906 - 404 pages
...tepid and laden with strange odors of blossoms, of aromatic wood, comes out of the still night—the first sigh of the East on my face. That I can never...like a whispered promise of mysterious delight.— JOSEPH CONRAD in Youth. By a variation of the same method—the narrative method it is sometimes called—the... | |
 | Martin Wright Sampson, Ernest Otto Holland - 1907 - 316 pages
...tepid and laden with strange odors of blossoms, of aromatic wood, comes out of the still night — the first sigh of the East on my face. That I can never...a whispered promise of mysterious delight. We had made out the red light in that bay and steered for it guessing it must mark some small coasting port.... | |
 | Carl Henry Grabo - 1913 - 346 pages
...tepid and laden with strange odors of blossoms, of aromatic wood, comes out of the still night — the first sigh of the East on my face. That I can never...charm, like a whispered promise of mysterious delight. — (Joseph Conrad, Youth.) In this there is variety of sense appeal; the whole weight of the description... | |
 | Carl Henry Grabo - 1913 - 348 pages
...tepid and laden with strange odors of blossoms, of aromatic wood, comes out of the still night—the first sigh of the East on my face. That I can never...like a charm, like a whispered promise of mysterious delight.—(Joseph Conrad, Youth.) In this there is variety of sense appeal; the whole weight of the... | |
 | James Weber Linn - 1913 - 212 pages
...tepid and laden with strange odors of blossoms, of aromatic wood, comes out of the still night—the first sigh of the East on my face. That I can never forget."—JOSEPH CONRAD. Very little of this is addressed to the eye. Heat, weariness, a sudden fragrance—the... | |
 | Richard Curle - 1914 - 266 pages
...tepid and laden with strange odours of blossoms, of aromatic wood, comes out of the still night — the first sigh of the East on my face. That I can never...charm, like a whispered promise of mysterious delight. (Youth, " Youth," pp. 41-2.) There, surely, is the very reaction of temperament and atmosphere. And... | |
 | James Weber Linn - 1916 - 208 pages
...tepid and laden with strange odors of blossoms, of aromatic wood, conies out of the still night — the first sigh of the East on my face. That I can never forget." — JOSEPH CONRAD. Very little of this is addressed to the eye. Heat, weariness, a sudden fragrance... | |
 | Reinard Willem Zandvoort - 1924 - 494 pages
...tepid and laden with strange odours of blossoms, of aromatic wood, comes out of the still night — the first sigh of the East on my face. That I can never...charm, like a whispered promise of mysterious delight." I remember many other such visions of a glorious, overpowering, magical beauty, leaving an unforgettable... | |
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