“ A blinding sunlight drowned all this at times in a sudden recrudescence of glare. ”
Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness (1899). copy citation
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
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| Source | Heart of Darkness |
| Topic | sun light sunlight glare |
| Date | 1899 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/219/219-h/219-h.htm |
Context
“A rocky cliff appeared, mounds of turned-up earth by the shore, houses on a hill, others with iron roofs, amongst a waste of excavations, or hanging to the declivity. A continuous noise of the rapids above hovered over this scene of inhabited devastation. A lot of people, mostly black and naked, moved about like ants. A jetty projected into the river. A blinding sunlight drowned all this at times in a sudden recrudescence of glare. 'There's your Company's station,' said the Swede, pointing to three wooden barrack-like structures on the rocky slope. 'I will send your things up. Four boxes did you say? So. Farewell.'
«I came upon a boiler wallowing in the grass, then found a path leading up the hill.” source
«I came upon a boiler wallowing in the grass, then found a path leading up the hill.” source
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