The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 128Atlantic Monthly Company, 1921 - American essays |
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I took it down warily , expecting something un- common to occur ; but it was only a musty old volume in French , with torn leaves and soiled pages . I pretended to be interested . " There is not much else there worth looking at ...
I took it down warily , expecting something un- common to occur ; but it was only a musty old volume in French , with torn leaves and soiled pages . I pretended to be interested . " There is not much else there worth looking at ...
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I took down Henry Esmond from the shelf . To my bewil- derment the cover did not open , until , passing my finger accidentally along what I thought was the edge of the pages , the front cover suddenly flew open of itself , disclosing a ...
I took down Henry Esmond from the shelf . To my bewil- derment the cover did not open , until , passing my finger accidentally along what I thought was the edge of the pages , the front cover suddenly flew open of itself , disclosing a ...
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The cadaverous Finn took a pencil and paper and drew a rough sketch of the frontier . ' We will put you over in a boat at the same place as Melnikoff , ' he said . ' Here is the river , with woods on either bank .
The cadaverous Finn took a pencil and paper and drew a rough sketch of the frontier . ' We will put you over in a boat at the same place as Melnikoff , ' he said . ' Here is the river , with woods on either bank .
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I cut the string ; found it a supplementary reader for the eighth grade , and opening it in the middle , took the middle paragraph on the page , and began to read , — " The ragged copses on the horizon showed the effect of the severe ...
I cut the string ; found it a supplementary reader for the eighth grade , and opening it in the middle , took the middle paragraph on the page , and began to read , — " The ragged copses on the horizon showed the effect of the severe ...
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When last I went to Africa , it was in war - time , and I took five steamers . Five steamers I took , and for these five steamers I waited in five several ports , for five æons of time ; until at last I said that , if ever in opening a ...
When last I went to Africa , it was in war - time , and I took five steamers . Five steamers I took , and for these five steamers I waited in five several ports , for five æons of time ; until at last I said that , if ever in opening a ...
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