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L'Innommable Segment 406, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-3-10, f. 12v)
Mais il est impossible de parler sans pour rien dire.
On croit y arriver, par exemple en ne disant
rien qu'on n'ait x xxx de contredire, tôt ou par la suite,
tard, et puis au moyen par parer à d'autres xxx,
mais on oublie toujours quelque chose, un petit
oui, un petit non, de quoi balayer tout
un régiment de dragons.
L'Innommable Segment 406, version 2 (Minuit 1953, p. 32)
Mais il semble impossible de parler pour ne rien dire, on croit y arriver, mais on oublie toujours quelque chose, un petit oui, un petit non, de quoi exterminer un régiment de dragons.
The Unnamable Segment 406, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-1, f. 15r)
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But it seems impossible
to speak and yet say xx nothing, you think you
have succeeded, but you always overlook
something, a little yes, a little no, enough to
exterminate a regiment of dragoons.
The Unnamable Segment 406, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 15r)
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But it seems impossible to talk speak and yet say
nothing, you think you have succeeded, but you always forget overlook
something, a little yes, a little no, enough to exterminate a
regiment of dragoons.
The Unnamable Segment 406, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 15r)
But it seems impossible to speak and yet say nothing, you think you have succeeded, but you always overlook something, a little yes, a little no, enough to exterminate a regiment of dragoons.
The Unnamable Segment 406, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 20)
But it seems impossible to speak and yet say nothing, you think you have succeeded, but you always overlook something, a little yes, a little no, enough to exterminate a regiment of dragoons.
L'Innommable Segment 406, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 27)
Mais il semble impossible de parler pour ne rien dire, on croit y arriver, mais on oublie toujours quelque chose, un petit oui, un petit non, de quoi exterminer un régiment de dragons.