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... That is the way of those who believe in face. Any fool can carry on, but only the wise man knows how to shorten sail, Joseph Conrad once said. Those who fear to lose face are great hands at carrying on—carrying on in the teeth of reason, carrying on to ...
... of Eastern and other curios. In his white suit, he was a figure that might have stepped straight out 01 the pages of Joseph Conrad. He was known to every man who sailed the Seven Seas, and the affection in which ho was held was evidenced by the different ...
... prominent authors whose acquaintance he made about this time were Hilaire Belloc, G. K. Chesterton, W. H. Hudson, and Joseph Conrad. One of the best stories in the book is concerned with the last-named. When the murderer Crippen was arrested Canada one ...
... Vivienne Chatteiton taoprano), and Leslie Holland (tenor). &.2fr~Rcclonal News. 8-2 B — The Play taken from the Novel by Joseph Conrad. IMS-Weather and News. 10-30-12^>-Danco Music from the Cafe Htdfand 3 Metres; Kilocycle, 823- lao-toncion Bcalonal. l- ...
... of passionate regret. And belief lias become passionate hope.” Her favourite authors apparently included Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, Marcus Aurelius, George Eliot, and Charlotte Bronte. There are many quotations from the Bible. Miss Waife says it was ...
... Dr. Hurst turns to Blake, to Keats, to Richard Jefferies, Wordsworth again—in some of his poemsand among modern writers Joseph Conrad, and Walter de la Mare and W. 11. Hudson. William Morris is ufnong those chosen provide examples of Energy, which Dr, Hurst ...
... a reading of the second. Among the distinguished people who figure in these pages are some who nave passed away —such Joseph Conrad, Thomas Hardy, Henrv James, Bir William Orpen, and Lvtton Strachey—and many who are still with us, including such illustrious ...
... Cunninghame Graham, is a fine piece of work, as well as a magnificent likeness, and the sculptor was equally successful with Joseph Conrad. If he gives us “G. 8.5.” he really it will enough. Ethiopianised ’’ version would be dreadful. But Mr. Shaw has yet to ...
... from all parts of the world. and from people of both sexes. The ship, recently purchased from Denmark and now renamed the Joseph Conrad —the only vessel of her kind now afloatis a three-masted full-rigged frigate, which, although fitted with electric light ...
... Spacethe Earth: Sir James Jeans, F.R.S. WU The Gerabom Parkington Quintet; Rita Mackay (soprano). 11.10— Initiation, by Joseph Conrad (from The Mirror of the Sea). read by Iran Samson. 11.15-124 Dance Music: Lew Stone and his Hand. (Time Signal. Greenwich ...
... Not marvellously done, astonishingly done. wonderfully doneno, only just . ' Well done, so-and-so: '• • Thus wrote Joseph Conrad In one of his essays. Lord Nelson's famous exhortation to the British Navy before a great battle, England expects every ...
... Charles Orr will retire from office on 7th December, the ground of ill-health Conflicting Proverbs In one of his books Joseph Conrad says: All the merit of proverbs consists in the concise and picturesque expression. What surprises is the form, not the ...