Synoptic Sentence View: Sentence 129
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L'Innommable Segment 129, version 1 (Minuit 1953, p. 13)
Je ne dois mon existence à personne, ces lueurs ne sont pas de celles qui éclairent ou brûlent. 
The Unnamable Segment 129, version 2 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-1, f. 04r)
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I owe my existence to nobody,
these faint fires are not of the kind those that
illuminate or burn.
The Unnamable Segment 129, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 04r)
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I owe my existence to nobody,
these faint fires are not of the kind those that illuminate or burn.
The Unnamable Segment 129, version 4 (Spectrum, p. 5)
I owe my existence to nobody, these faint fires are not of those that illuminate or burn.
The Unnamable Segment 129, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 04r)
I owe my existence to no one, these faint fires are not of those that illuminate or burn.
The Unnamable Segment 129, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 7)
I owe my existence to no one, these faint fires are not of those that illuminate or burn.
L'Innommable Segment 129, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 11)
Je ne dois mon existence à personne, ces lueurs ne sont pas de celles qui éclairent ou brûlent.