The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 131Atlantic Monthly Company, 1923 - American essays |
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... means to others . Audition is not without its draw- backs , and deafness is not without its compensations . For us , a noisy world is soft - pedaled . The dog baying the moon , the cock's shrill clarion , the echoing horn , are all part ...
... means to others . Audition is not without its draw- backs , and deafness is not without its compensations . For us , a noisy world is soft - pedaled . The dog baying the moon , the cock's shrill clarion , the echoing horn , are all part ...
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... means so ' sweet ' a character , but busy and successful , disdaining annoyances of dulled ears with an im- patient ... mean my deafness . This does not endanger the accuracy of my information , I believe , as far as it goes , because I ...
... means so ' sweet ' a character , but busy and successful , disdaining annoyances of dulled ears with an im- patient ... mean my deafness . This does not endanger the accuracy of my information , I believe , as far as it goes , because I ...
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... I will not bring up the children of that man . ' Mother was in a strange country , without means , unable to speak a word of English ; then again , the boys seemed to be well provided for . I was to be LAFCADIO HEARN'S BROTHER 25.
... I will not bring up the children of that man . ' Mother was in a strange country , without means , unable to speak a word of English ; then again , the boys seemed to be well provided for . I was to be LAFCADIO HEARN'S BROTHER 25.
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... means the opera ; but now he says it is no more a war- necessity . Music is always beautiful , is it not ? My boy says it is not . I go to hear Zauberflöte many times , but my boy says it is I. C. ' I inferred that Minna meant ' In ...
... means the opera ; but now he says it is no more a war- necessity . Music is always beautiful , is it not ? My boy says it is not . I go to hear Zauberflöte many times , but my boy says it is I. C. ' I inferred that Minna meant ' In ...
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... means in order to keep them away from a hut or a camp . These preventive measures are more successful where lions are concerned , but , even with regard to these , the sweeping notion imbibed in our child- hood , that ' wild beasts are ...
... means in order to keep them away from a hut or a camp . These preventive measures are more successful where lions are concerned , but , even with regard to these , the sweeping notion imbibed in our child- hood , that ' wild beasts are ...
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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.