The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 128Atlantic Monthly Company, 1921 - American essays |
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Page 7
The very walls and seats seemed possessed of eyes . That man over there , did he not look at me - twice ? And that woman , spying constantly ( I thought ) out of the corner of her eye ! They would let me get as far as the frontier ...
The very walls and seats seemed possessed of eyes . That man over there , did he not look at me - twice ? And that woman , spying constantly ( I thought ) out of the corner of her eye ! They would let me get as far as the frontier ...
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The crimson was fading into cold October gray as I came upon him twelve years old , and just an ordinary boy , his garden fork under the hill of potatoes he had started to dig , his face upturned , his eyes following far off the flight ...
The crimson was fading into cold October gray as I came upon him twelve years old , and just an ordinary boy , his garden fork under the hill of potatoes he had started to dig , his face upturned , his eyes following far off the flight ...
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But it was Eastern merchandise , and I was trading from Balsora and Baghdad , and Eleazar's camels were swaying down from Damascus along the Khyber Pass , and coming in at the great Dar- wazah , and friends ' eyes met me every- where .
But it was Eastern merchandise , and I was trading from Balsora and Baghdad , and Eleazar's camels were swaying down from Damascus along the Khyber Pass , and coming in at the great Dar- wazah , and friends ' eyes met me every- where .
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Her intent eyes were fixed on the Tahkt- i - Bahi hills after we had swept out of Nowshera ; and when the car drew up at the rough track , she had a strange look of suspense and pallor . I remem- ber I wondered at the time if she were ...
Her intent eyes were fixed on the Tahkt- i - Bahi hills after we had swept out of Nowshera ; and when the car drew up at the rough track , she had a strange look of suspense and pallor . I remem- ber I wondered at the time if she were ...
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Long black onyx eyes , and a tumble of black curls , and teeth like almonds . But what do you think he carried on his wrist ? A hawk with fierce yellow eyes , ringed and chained . Hawking is a favorite sport in the hills .
Long black onyx eyes , and a tumble of black curls , and teeth like almonds . But what do you think he carried on his wrist ? A hawk with fierce yellow eyes , ringed and chained . Hawking is a favorite sport in the hills .
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