Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 98Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Scribner & Company; The Century Company, 1919 - American literature |
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... girl does . " " I mean concretely . Is there some one ? " " Mama and papa want me to marry the Chinless One . It's the ambition of their lives . " " The Chinless One ! " I echoed . " That ' s my nickname for Prince Wil- helm ...
... girl does . " " I mean concretely . Is there some one ? " " Mama and papa want me to marry the Chinless One . It's the ambition of their lives . " " The Chinless One ! " I echoed . " That ' s my nickname for Prince Wil- helm ...
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... girls who always got into any shinny game on the ice with the boys when she was twelve , and at that could sustain and return as many whacks as most of us . You could n't treat her exactly as you should treat a girl . She was too ...
... girls who always got into any shinny game on the ice with the boys when she was twelve , and at that could sustain and return as many whacks as most of us . You could n't treat her exactly as you should treat a girl . She was too ...
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... girl , Dorothy Knowles , who seemed half - way sensible . She said she would n't try it " for worlds . " But then she got away with it be- cause she was a good to- bogganer . You know , I- well , to be perfectly frank , I hate the ...
... girl , Dorothy Knowles , who seemed half - way sensible . She said she would n't try it " for worlds . " But then she got away with it be- cause she was a good to- bogganer . You know , I- well , to be perfectly frank , I hate the ...
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... girl's. I wonder if you ever tried to stamp at right angles to the surface with each of your feet cumbered by the sweep of a racing - shell . I did the best I could . " You ' re herring - boning ! " shouted Dean . " Don't herring - bone ...
... girl's. I wonder if you ever tried to stamp at right angles to the surface with each of your feet cumbered by the sweep of a racing - shell . I did the best I could . " You ' re herring - boning ! " shouted Dean . " Don't herring - bone ...
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... girl's address ? " splendidly free gesture I had intended . For a moment , as I attempted this last fatal manœuver , I saw the sweet sky spreading before me in all its virgin quality of blueness , the holy white of God's beautiful ...
... girl's address ? " splendidly free gesture I had intended . For a moment , as I attempted this last fatal manœuver , I saw the sweet sky spreading before me in all its virgin quality of blueness , the holy white of God's beautiful ...
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Page 628 - The best method of giving practical effect to this principle is that the tutelage of such peoples should be entrusted to advanced nations who, by reason of their resources, their experience or their geographical position, can best undertake this responsibility and who are willing to accept it, and that this tutelage should be exercised by them as mandatories on behalf of the League.
Page 629 - ... of their resources, their experience or their geographical position can best undertake this responsibility, and who are willing to accept it, and that this tutelage should be exercised by them as Mandatories on behalf of the League. The character of the mandate must differ according to the stage of the development of the people, the geographical situation of the territory, its economic conditions and other similar circumstances.
Page 629 - The degree of .authority , control, or administration to be exercised by the Mandatory shall, if not previously agreed upon by the Members of the League, be explicitly defined in each case by the Council.
Page 268 - The settlement of every question, whether of territory, of sovereignty, of economic arrangement or of political relationship, upon the basis of the free acceptance of that settlement by the people immediately concerned, and not upon the basis of the material interest or advantage of any other nation or people which may desire a different settlement for the sake of its own exterior influence or mastery.
Page 236 - Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working men of all countries, unite!
Page 407 - A dozen fields of thought are today congested with knowledge that the physical and social sciences have unearthed, and the whole tone and temper of American life can be lifted by putting this knowledge into general circulation. But where are the interpreters with the training and the willingness to think their way through this knowledge and translate it into the language of the street? I raise the recruiting trumpet for the interpreters.
Page 85 - It may be desirable to state here our considered opinion that an essential condition of securing a permanent improvement in the relations between employers and employed is that there should be adequate organization on the part of both employers and workpeople. The proposals outlined for joint cooperation throughout the several industries depend for their ultimate success upon there being such organization on both sides; and such organization is necessary also to provide means whereby the arrangements...
Page 398 - restore our politics to their full spiritual vigor again, and our national life, whether in trade, in industry, or in what concerns us only as families and individuals, to its purity, its self-respect, and its pristine strength and freedom.
Page 130 - I submit that what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, and that you must permit this book to be judged upon precedent.
Page 468 - did you ever dream in Delancey Street that we should rub sleeves with the President?" "I always said that Benny had more head than the rest of you," replied the mother. As the laughter died away, Jake went on: "Honor you are getting plenty; but how much mezummen does this play bring you? Can I invest any of it in real estate for you?" "I'm getting ten per cent royalties of the gross receipts/ replied the youthful playwright. "How much is that?