Era: Nineteenth Century
I remember my youth and the feeling that will never…
Spoken by Marlow. The sentence begins earlier and continues after “all men” in the source; the ellipsis marks the cut.
Water, water, every where, / Nor any drop to drink.
Often misquoted as “and not a drop to drink.” The slash marks a line break. First published in Lyrical Ballads (1798); wording checked against the revised text in the Gutenberg edition.
As idle as a painted ship / Upon a painted…
The becalmed ship. The slash marks a line break. First published in Lyrical Ballads (1798); wording checked against the revised text in the Gutenberg edition.
There is a witchery in the sea, its songs and…
Source wording preserved exactly.
O youth! The strength of it, the faith of it,…
Spoken by Conrad’s narrator, Marlow, looking back on the barque Judea.
Then leaving the Cape Verde Islands out of sight astern,…
Source wording preserved exactly.
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever…
Spoken by the narrator, Ishmael. The ellipsis marks clauses omitted from the middle of one long sentence; the opening and closing wording is exact.
Yes, as every one knows, meditation and water are wedded…
Spoken by the narrator, Ishmael. The source spells “every one” and “for ever” as two words.
I felt that there could be no turning back, and…
Slocum on sailing out of Boston at the start of the voyage, April 1895.
The acute pain of solitude experienced at first never returned.…
Source wording preserved exactly.