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 ...
Page 12
... 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 so stricken , roves and ranges ! I remember pausing before a wide door - step and wondering if perchance it was on this very one that the young De Quincey lay ill and faint while poor Ann flew as fast as her feet would carry her ...
... never so stricken , roves and ranges ! I remember pausing before a wide door - step and wondering if perchance it was on this very one that the young De Quincey lay ill and faint while poor Ann flew as fast as her feet would carry her ...
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... 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 ...
Page 55
... never seemed to see chances to forge ahead . Promotions , of course , went to the men who went after them . When Percy's baby died , he went to the funeral , and asked Percy to call on him if he needed money . Once when he chanced to ...
... never seemed to see chances to forge ahead . Promotions , of course , went to the men who went after them . When Percy's baby died , he went to the funeral , and asked Percy to call on him if he needed money . Once when he chanced to ...
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