All 3 Uses of
primeval
in
Heart of Darkness
- The smell of mud, of primeval mud, by Jove! was in my nostrils, the high stillness of primeval forest was before my eyes; there were shiny patches on the black creek.†
Chpt 1 *
- was in my nostrils, the high stillness of primeval forest was before my eyes; there were shiny patches on the black creek.†
Chpt 1
- The shade of the original Kurtz frequented the bedside of the hollow sham, whose fate it was to be buried presently in the mold of primeval earth.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(primeval) ancient (of or from a long time ago); or having existed from ancient times