I saw him open his mouth wide. . . as though he had wanted to swallow all the air, all the earth, all the men before him. (Joseph Conrad)

I saw him open his mouth wide. . . as though he had wanted to swallow all the air, all the earth, all the men before him.

Joseph Conrad

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