Samuel Beckett
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Synoptic Sentence View: Sentence 517

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Molloy Segment 517, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-4-5, f. 62r)

Cela constituait en effet un triste spectacle, et un triste exemple, pour les citadins, qui ont tellement besoin d'être encouragés, dans leur dure labeur, et de ne voir autour d'eux que des manifestations de force, de joie et de cran, sans quoi ils seraient capables de s'effondrer en fin de journée et de rouler par terre, les uns sur les autres, ce qui aurait pour effet de causer des embouteillages.

Molloy Segment 517, version 2 (Minuit 1951, p. 35)

C'était en effet un triste spectacle, et un triste exemple, pour les citadins, qui ont tellement besoin d'être encouragés, dans leur dur labeur, et de ne voir autour d'eux que des manifestations de force, de joie et de cran, sans quoi ils seraient capables de s'effondrer, en fin de journée, et de rouler par terre.

Molloy Segment 517, version 3 (Minuit 1953, p. 35)

C'était en effet un triste spectacle, et un triste exemple, pour les citadins, qui ont tellement besoin d'être encouragés, dans leur dur labeur, et de ne voir autour d'eux que des manifestations de force, de joie et de cran, sans quoi ils seraient capables de s'effondrer, en fin de journée, et de rouler par terre.

Molloy Segment 517, version 4 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-49, f. 26r)

It is indeed a deplorable sight, a deplorable example, for the people, who so need to be encouraged, in their bitter toil, and to have before their eyes manifestations of strength only, of courage and of joy, without which they might collapse, at the end of the day, and roll on the ground.

Molloy Segment 517, version 5 (Merlin 1953, p. 102)

It is indeed a deplorable sight, a deplorable example, for the people, who so need to be encouraged, in their bitter toil, and to have before their eyes manifestations of strength only, of courage and of joy, without which they might collapse, at the end of the day, and roll on the ground.

Molloy Segment 517, version 6 (MS-BRML-NWWR-2-38, f. 13r)

It is indeed a deplorable sight, a deplorable example, for the people, who so need to be encouraged, in their bitter toil, and to have before their eyes manifestations of strength only, of courage and of joy, without which they might collapse, at the end of the day, and roll on the ground.

Molloy Segment 517, version 7 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-50-1, f. 26r)

It is indeed a deplorable sight, a deplorable example, for the people, who so need to be encouraged, in their bitter toil, and to have before their eyes manifestations of strength only, of courage and of joy, without which they might collapse, at the end of the day, and roll on the ground.

Molloy Segment 517, version 8 (Olympia 1955, p. 31)

It is indeed a deplorable sight, a deplorable example, for the people, who so need to be encouraged, in their bitter toil, and to have before their eyes manifestations of strength only, of courage and of joy, without which they might collapse, at the end of the day, and roll on the ground.

Molloy Segment 517, version 9 (Grove Press 1955, p. 31)

It is indeed a deplorable sight, a deplorable example, for the people, who so need to be encouraged, in their bitter toil, and to have before their eyes manifestations of strength only, of courage and of joy, without which they might collapse, at the end of the day, and roll on the ground.

Molloy Segment 517, version 10 (Olympia and Grove Press 1959, p. 28)

It is indeed a deplorable sight, a deplorable example, for the people, who so need to be encouraged, in their bitter toil, and to have before their eyes manifestations of strength only, of courage and of joy, without which they might collapse, at the end of the day, and roll on the ground.

Molloy Segment 517, version 11 (Minuit 1971, p. 37)

C'était en effet un triste spectacle, et un triste exemple, pour les citadins, qui ont tellement besoin d'être encouragés, dans leur dur labeur, et de ne voir autour d'eux que des manifestations de force, de joie et de cran, sans quoi ils seraient capables de s'effondrer, en fin de journée, et de rouler par terre.