The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 128Atlantic Monthly Company, 1921 - American essays |
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Page 11
Forsan et hæc olim IV - - The two hours of repose seemed interminable . I was afraid of three o'clock , and yet I wanted ... Wake up , ' he whispered ; ' we'll leave in a quarter of an hour . No tone , ' run slightly to the left , but.
Forsan et hæc olim IV - - The two hours of repose seemed interminable . I was afraid of three o'clock , and yet I wanted ... Wake up , ' he whispered ; ' we'll leave in a quarter of an hour . No tone , ' run slightly to the left , but.
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... he spoke for an hour with this vast book - education , like the Scribes , leaving Lincoln , with his nat- ural education , to speak for five min- utes with authority . No , genius and cir- cumstance in Lincoln were by chance joined ...
... he spoke for an hour with this vast book - education , like the Scribes , leaving Lincoln , with his nat- ural education , to speak for five min- utes with authority . No , genius and cir- cumstance in Lincoln were by chance joined ...
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Two of my children are in a Boston high school , having five hours of Latin , five of German , five of French , three of English , three of mathematics , three of history , two of military drill - twenty- six hours in all .
Two of my children are in a Boston high school , having five hours of Latin , five of German , five of French , three of English , three of mathematics , three of history , two of military drill - twenty- six hours in all .
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You whose house is on the Hud- son , where a steamer is at anchor be- fore your very door- it is eight bells ; the hour was struck , and did you hear the bell ? The signal stands in the en- gine - room at ' Full Steam Ahead , ' and did ...
You whose house is on the Hud- son , where a steamer is at anchor be- fore your very door- it is eight bells ; the hour was struck , and did you hear the bell ? The signal stands in the en- gine - room at ' Full Steam Ahead , ' and did ...
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Salama , Ahmed Khan , and I talk by the hour . Ahmed comes from Fyzabad . Look at Salama's boy - I call him the Orange Imp . Did you ever see anything so beautiful ? ' a I looked in sheer delight , and grasped my camera .
Salama , Ahmed Khan , and I talk by the hour . Ahmed comes from Fyzabad . Look at Salama's boy - I call him the Orange Imp . Did you ever see anything so beautiful ? ' a I looked in sheer delight , and grasped my camera .
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