Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 91Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Century Company, 1916 - American literature |
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... ment of nations , did not , in New York , excuse their ignorance of how to pass triumphantly the velvet cord at the thresh- old of smart restaurants , how to order tea , how to tip the waiter neither lavishly nor parsimoniously . At ...
... ment of nations , did not , in New York , excuse their ignorance of how to pass triumphantly the velvet cord at the thresh- old of smart restaurants , how to order tea , how to tip the waiter neither lavishly nor parsimoniously . At ...
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... ment forms six divisions . At the age of thirty - three a man passes into the landwehr , where he remains until he is forty . Although composed of men who no longer have the entire activity of youth , this class of soldiers ...
... ment forms six divisions . At the age of thirty - three a man passes into the landwehr , where he remains until he is forty . Although composed of men who no longer have the entire activity of youth , this class of soldiers ...
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... ment . I did n't mean even to refer again to that unhappy matter of August 20 , - we talked it all out at the time , —but you know perfectly that you need a bit of watching . And I don't like the idea . I want to have a feeling of ...
... ment . I did n't mean even to refer again to that unhappy matter of August 20 , - we talked it all out at the time , —but you know perfectly that you need a bit of watching . And I don't like the idea . I want to have a feeling of ...
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... ment she regretted having made . But there was a contagion in his happiness that could not be checked or denied . " It was then it first came to me that I was leaving my other self behind and that I was going on a great adventure into a ...
... ment she regretted having made . But there was a contagion in his happiness that could not be checked or denied . " It was then it first came to me that I was leaving my other self behind and that I was going on a great adventure into a ...
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... ment at our summer gatherings . Any one reading what is written or listening to what is said would believe it was through the exercise of some great virtue not given to other nations that this country is as prosperous and peaceful as it ...
... ment at our summer gatherings . Any one reading what is written or listening to what is said would believe it was through the exercise of some great virtue not given to other nations that this country is as prosperous and peaceful as it ...
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