The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 131Atlantic Monthly Company, 1923 - American essays |
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... come and see me , and we could talk it over . ' ' Oh , that's all right . She can come right away . ' My memory of the girl in the sweater forced me to hedge : - her away from anyone else , ' I mur- mured , hypnotized by his assurance ...
... come and see me , and we could talk it over . ' ' Oh , that's all right . She can come right away . ' My memory of the girl in the sweater forced me to hedge : - her away from anyone else , ' I mur- mured , hypnotized by his assurance ...
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... come to see me . He send me bonbons but what do I care for that stuff ! ' - All the stern things I had meant to say ... come did not lessen my sense of surrender . ' Corporal , will you come to see Minna ? ' through the front ' I can't ...
... come to see me . He send me bonbons but what do I care for that stuff ! ' - All the stern things I had meant to say ... come did not lessen my sense of surrender . ' Corporal , will you come to see Minna ? ' through the front ' I can't ...
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... comes in , and we come near striking fire about a little two - penny appointment of shipkeeper , at $ 2.00 a day , at the Philadelphia Navy Yard . Representative Butler wants it , and Penrose wants it . It is like a fight of wolves over ...
... comes in , and we come near striking fire about a little two - penny appointment of shipkeeper , at $ 2.00 a day , at the Philadelphia Navy Yard . Representative Butler wants it , and Penrose wants it . It is like a fight of wolves over ...
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... comes in with a long face , and says that the Navy are feeling very troubled over the fact that , at the White House receptions , while two army officers and one marine officer take part in introducing the guests to the President and ...
... comes in with a long face , and says that the Navy are feeling very troubled over the fact that , at the White House receptions , while two army officers and one marine officer take part in introducing the guests to the President and ...
Page 52
... comes down on the corrugated - iron roof in one continuous , deafening roar . - One would imagine that no living creature , except a fish , would enjoy getting a tropical downpour on its back . To this my two ravens , Grip and Nevermore ...
... comes down on the corrugated - iron roof in one continuous , deafening roar . - One would imagine that no living creature , except a fish , would enjoy getting a tropical downpour on its back . To this my two ravens , Grip and Nevermore ...
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Page 455 - Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
Page 764 - ... against the setting sun, descry the spires of El Dorado. Little do ye know your own blessedness ; for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour.
Page 457 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 673 - While he from forth the closet brought a heap Of candied apple, quince, and plum, and gourd, With jellies soother than the creamy curd, And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon, Manna and dates, in argosy transferr'd From Fez, and spiced dainties, every one, From silken Samarcand to cedar'd Lebanon.
Page 500 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud, instead, and ever-during dark, Surrounds me...
Page 189 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 561 - Pale as his shirt; his knees knocking each other; And with a look so piteous in purport, As if he had been loosed out of hell, To speak of horrors, — he comes before me.
Page 295 - He was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out or wearied by the most laborious ; and of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle or sharp ; and of a personal courage equal to his best parts...
Page 235 - Far or forgot to me is near; Shadow and sunlight are the same; The vanished gods to me appear; And one to me are shame and fame. They reckon ill who leave me out; When me they fly, I am the wings; I am the doubter and the doubt, And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.
Page 590 - When I was a lad I served a term As office boy to an Attorney's firm. I cleaned the windows and I swept the floor, And I polished up the handle of the big front door.