ISBN: 9781512126082

Several of us, all more or less connected with the sea, were dining in a small river-hostelry not more than thirty miles from London, and less than twenty from that shallow and dangerous … mais…

Several of us, all more or less connected with the sea, were dining in a small river-hostelry not more than thirty miles from London, and less than twenty from that shallow and dangerous puddle to which our coasting men give the grandiose name of German Ocean. And through the wide windows we had a view of the Thames; an enfilading view down the Lower Hope Reach. But the dinner was execrable, and all the feast was for the eyes.That flavour of salt-water which for so many of us had been the very water of life permeated our talk. He who hath known the bitterness of the Ocean shall have its taste forever in his mouth. But one or two of us, pampered by the life of the land, complained of hunger. It was impossible to swallow any of that stuff. And indeed there was a strange mustiness in everything. The wooden dining-room stuck out over the mud of the shore like a lacustrine dwelling; the planks of the floor seemed rotten; a decrepit old waiter tottered pathetically to and fro before an antediluvian and worm-eaten sideboard; the chipped plates might have been disinterred from some kitchen midden near an inhabited lake; and the chops recalled times more ancient still. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Literature>Literature>Literature, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

2015, ISBN: 151212608X

[EAN: 9781512126082], Neubuch, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Several of us, all more or less connected with the sea,… mais…

[EAN: 9781512126082], Neubuch, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Several of us, all more or less connected with the sea, were dining in a small river-hostelry not more than thirty miles from London, and less than twenty from that shallow and dangerous puddle to which our coasting men give the grandiose name of "German Ocean." And through the wide windows we had a view of the Thames; an enfilading view down the Lower Hope Reach. But the dinner was execrable, and all the feast was for the eyes., Books<

2015, ISBN: 151212608X

[EAN: 9781512126082], Neubuch, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Several of us, all more or less connected with the sea,… mais…

[EAN: 9781512126082], Neubuch, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Several of us, all more or less connected with the sea, were dining in a small river-hostelry not more than thirty miles from London, and less than twenty from that shallow and dangerous puddle to which our coasting men give the grandiose name of "German Ocean." And through the wide windows we had a view of the Thames; an enfilading view down the Lower Hope Reach. But the dinner was execrable, and all the feast was for the eyes.<

ISBN: 9781512126082

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Several of us, all more or less connected with the sea, were dining in a small river-hostelry not more than thirty miles from… mais…

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Several of us, all more or less connected with the sea, were dining in a small river-hostelry not more than thirty miles from London, and less than twenty from that shallow and dangerous puddle to which our coasting men give the grandiose name of "German Ocean." And through the wide windows we had a view of the Thames; an enfilading view down the Lower Hope Reach. But the dinner was execrable, and all the feast was for the eyes., Classics<

2015, ISBN: 151212608X

[EAN: 9781512126082], Neubuch, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.