The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 128Atlantic Monthly Company, 1921 - American essays |
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My accent The cadaverous man thought for a moment . ' Afirenko , Joseph Ilitch , ' he suggested ; ' that smacks of Ukrainia . ' I agreed . One of the men sat down to the typewriter and , carefully choosing a certain sort of paper ...
My accent The cadaverous man thought for a moment . ' Afirenko , Joseph Ilitch , ' he suggested ; ' that smacks of Ukrainia . ' I agreed . One of the men sat down to the typewriter and , carefully choosing a certain sort of paper ...
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I have always thought that Mrs. Fiske's silent profile , conveying to an audience the fact that incest had been unwitting- ly committed , was one of the ...
I have always thought that Mrs. Fiske's silent profile , conveying to an audience the fact that incest had been unwitting- ly committed , was one of the ...
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Betrayed by some steamer , he has thought of his little cabin , with its million roaches that he must live there forever ... Long after , he will sigh when he thinks of that season , rainy or dry ; he will re- member dark thoughts that ...
Betrayed by some steamer , he has thought of his little cabin , with its million roaches that he must live there forever ... Long after , he will sigh when he thinks of that season , rainy or dry ; he will re- member dark thoughts that ...
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So I thought I would come out and teach here . Dare I ? Would they let me ? I knew I was fighting life and chances and risks if I did it ; but it was death if I stayed there . And then - Do you really care to hear ? ' ' Of course .
So I thought I would come out and teach here . Dare I ? Would they let me ? I knew I was fighting life and chances and risks if I did it ; but it was death if I stayed there . And then - Do you really care to hear ? ' ' Of course .
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But have you thought that people will talk ? I'm not worth that , God knows . ' She spoke very quietly . " That does not trouble me . It would only trouble me if you asked what I have not to give . For two months I would travel with you ...
But have you thought that people will talk ? I'm not worth that , God knows . ' She spoke very quietly . " That does not trouble me . It would only trouble me if you asked what I have not to give . For two months I would travel with you ...
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