The Wild PalmsChatto & Windus, 1954 - 315 pàgines |
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Pàgina 139
... skiff's own momentum to bring it through the full circle and so upstream again , the skiff travelling broadside then bow - first then broadside again , diagon- ally across the channel towards the other wall of sub- merged trees ; it ...
... skiff's own momentum to bring it through the full circle and so upstream again , the skiff travelling broadside then bow - first then broadside again , diagon- ally across the channel towards the other wall of sub- merged trees ; it ...
Pàgina 146
... skiff travelling at express speed , was in a seething gut between soaring and dizzy banks with a glare of light above them , but he did not see it ; he saw the flotsam ahead of him divide violently and begin to climb upon itself ...
... skiff travelling at express speed , was in a seething gut between soaring and dizzy banks with a glare of light above them , but he did not see it ; he saw the flotsam ahead of him divide violently and begin to climb upon itself ...
Pàgina 157
... skiff fled on among the bearded trees while every now and then small quiet tentative exploratory feelers would come up from the wave behind and toy for a moment at the skiff , light and curious , then go on with a faint hissing sighing ...
... skiff fled on among the bearded trees while every now and then small quiet tentative exploratory feelers would come up from the wave behind and toy for a moment at the skiff , light and curious , then go on with a faint hissing sighing ...
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