Both Uses of
calamity
in
Heart of Darkness
- Then the whole population cleared into the forest, expecting all kinds of calamities to happen, while, on the other hand, the steamer Fresleven commanded left also in a bad panic, in charge of the engineer, I believe.†
Chpt 1
- A calamity had come to it, sure enough.†
Chpt 1 *
Definition:
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(calamity) a disastrous event; or the distress resulting from it