The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 128Atlantic Monthly Company, 1921 - American essays |
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On Sunday an officer friend of Melni- koff's came to make sure that I was ready . I knew him by the Christian name and patronymic of Ivan Sergeie- vitch . He was a pleasant fellow , kind and considerate . Like many other ref- ugees from ...
On Sunday an officer friend of Melni- koff's came to make sure that I was ready . I knew him by the Christian name and patronymic of Ivan Sergeie- vitch . He was a pleasant fellow , kind and considerate . Like many other ref- ugees from ...
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I was sure I should be heard , and had in midstream the sort of feeling I should imagine a man has as he walks his last walk to the gallows . At length I was at the farther side , but it was quite im- possible to hold the boat steady ...
I was sure I should be heard , and had in midstream the sort of feeling I should imagine a man has as he walks his last walk to the gallows . At length I was at the farther side , but it was quite im- possible to hold the boat steady ...
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But before I admitted that , I should like to be sure that the undergraduates of fifteen years ago read Shakespeare or discussed metaphysics at seven o'clock in the evening . I am very much from Missouri in this matter .
But before I admitted that , I should like to be sure that the undergraduates of fifteen years ago read Shakespeare or discussed metaphysics at seven o'clock in the evening . I am very much from Missouri in this matter .
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In any novel that tempts the producers there are sure to be one or two big scenes that are admirably adapted to pictorial presentment . ( The rare novel of the picaresque type - alas , that we have so few ! really cries out for the ...
In any novel that tempts the producers there are sure to be one or two big scenes that are admirably adapted to pictorial presentment . ( The rare novel of the picaresque type - alas , that we have so few ! really cries out for the ...
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People do not have such fixed standards for male charm . Both men and women need more subtlety in this matter of close- ups . I believe there are too many close- ups , anyhow ; but I am sure that ...
People do not have such fixed standards for male charm . Both men and women need more subtlety in this matter of close- ups . I believe there are too many close- ups , anyhow ; but I am sure that ...
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