The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 139Atlantic Monthly Company, 1927 - American essays |
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Page 31
... night I entered the house in the pitch of night , fatigued by a hard day's work in sweatshops and by my studies at school . My heart always beat fast when I climbed those stairs . A faint rustle , as of fingers stroking a papered wall ...
... night I entered the house in the pitch of night , fatigued by a hard day's work in sweatshops and by my studies at school . My heart always beat fast when I climbed those stairs . A faint rustle , as of fingers stroking a papered wall ...
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... night , under the wing- spread of two tall , slim catalpa trees , we lay in a hammock , bosom to bosom , pure as the purest of God's children , strong as the strongest , her toes touching my ankles , her hair my chin , and her young ...
... night , under the wing- spread of two tall , slim catalpa trees , we lay in a hammock , bosom to bosom , pure as the purest of God's children , strong as the strongest , her toes touching my ankles , her hair my chin , and her young ...
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... night . No effort on her part to save it , either . And in return a kiss and a promise a promise to go out again with him some night . Gimme . - Probably sore because he'd started a row at her party last night . Well , was she his gal ...
... night . No effort on her part to save it , either . And in return a kiss and a promise a promise to go out again with him some night . Gimme . - Probably sore because he'd started a row at her party last night . Well , was she his gal ...
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... night falls , he may have no other way of avoiding a night spent à la belle étoile , an experience which is nearly always miserable and sometimes dangerous in itself . For a tired man may not be in a state to re- sist the great cold of ...
... night falls , he may have no other way of avoiding a night spent à la belle étoile , an experience which is nearly always miserable and sometimes dangerous in itself . For a tired man may not be in a state to re- sist the great cold of ...
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... night , after a week of this sort of thing , the sense of God's pres- ence came upon me with overpowering fullness . I cannot express the sense of personal intimacy , understanding , and sympathy that it gave to me . I felt the thing ...
... night , after a week of this sort of thing , the sense of God's pres- ence came upon me with overpowering fullness . I cannot express the sense of personal intimacy , understanding , and sympathy that it gave to me . I felt the thing ...
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