Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 92Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Century Company, 1916 - American literature |
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Page 8
... never sought to propitiate his fel- low - writers , never bated a jot of his arro- gance about his own work or of his con- tempt for theirs . To the painters he was respectful , even humble ; but for the poets and prosaists of " The ...
... never sought to propitiate his fel- low - writers , never bated a jot of his arro- gance about his own work or of his con- tempt for theirs . To the painters he was respectful , even humble ; but for the poets and prosaists of " The ...
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... never guessed at the bitterness and loneliness , the " -his voice broke ; but presently he resumed , speaking with a force that I had never known in him . " Posterity ! What use is it to me ? A dead man does n't know that people are ...
... never guessed at the bitterness and loneliness , the " -his voice broke ; but presently he resumed , speaking with a force that I had never known in him . " Posterity ! What use is it to me ? A dead man does n't know that people are ...
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... never af fected the deep , methodical life of the French people . There has never been any real frivolity or inconsequence in the vi- vacity of French thought . The enthusi- asms of France have always been as ra- tional as her intensive ...
... never af fected the deep , methodical life of the French people . There has never been any real frivolity or inconsequence in the vi- vacity of French thought . The enthusi- asms of France have always been as ra- tional as her intensive ...
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... never far off from meanness ; and rather than be suspected of wishing to save his pence , he will pay more for a thing than he need . He will pay more than he can really afford rather than pay less than his neighbor . France always ...
... never far off from meanness ; and rather than be suspected of wishing to save his pence , he will pay more for a thing than he need . He will pay more than he can really afford rather than pay less than his neighbor . France always ...
Page 51
... never thought of paying up very close on their large indebtedness . From the payments on these large accounts Percy had taken a hundred dollars here and two hundred there until he had made up the thousand he needed . So long as he ...
... never thought of paying up very close on their large indebtedness . From the payments on these large accounts Percy had taken a hundred dollars here and two hundred there until he had made up the thousand he needed . So long as he ...
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