The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 139Atlantic Monthly Company, 1927 - American essays |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 95
Page 21
... parties or even in large bodies in the rear of the battle lines by fleets of airplanes used for transport . Not every city can be protected by a garrison sufficient to re- pel such attacks if men are to be main- tained at the front in ...
... parties or even in large bodies in the rear of the battle lines by fleets of airplanes used for transport . Not every city can be protected by a garrison sufficient to re- pel such attacks if men are to be main- tained at the front in ...
Page 29
... party . I remember a young rival there , who worked as draftsman in a stoneyard , sketching details for the subway . After that night I wanted to be a draftsman . He was the gamest of sports ; and he honored me , there in public , by ...
... party . I remember a young rival there , who worked as draftsman in a stoneyard , sketching details for the subway . After that night I wanted to be a draftsman . He was the gamest of sports ; and he honored me , there in public , by ...
Page 30
... party Margaret's hand touched him to the quick as he stole a kiss . ' Starfish , ' she called him , be- cause her fingers left the print of one crawling on his cheek . Roomers and boarders grouped themselves in a parlor nook to smoke ...
... party Margaret's hand touched him to the quick as he stole a kiss . ' Starfish , ' she called him , be- cause her fingers left the print of one crawling on his cheek . Roomers and boarders grouped themselves in a parlor nook to smoke ...
Page 37
... party across the shaft . A rent party is a public dance given in a private apartment . If , after letting out three of your five rooms to lodgers , your resources are still unequal to your rent , you make up the deficit by means of a rent ...
... party across the shaft . A rent party is a public dance given in a private apartment . If , after letting out three of your five rooms to lodgers , your resources are still unequal to your rent , you make up the deficit by means of a rent ...
Page 40
... party had been given ; and Ellie occasionally ' ran in , ' osten- sibly anxious to inquire after Mammy , actually hoping to see one of the boys and possibly make a date . Mammy saw through these visits , of course , and had thought that ...
... party had been given ; and Ellie occasionally ' ran in , ' osten- sibly anxious to inquire after Mammy , actually hoping to see one of the boys and possibly make a date . Mammy saw through these visits , of course , and had thought that ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
advertising ALCHEMIST American asked beauty Beethoven believe boys Brantwood British called Canberra Church course court Daddy DEAR DEAR JESSIE door England English Essex Junto eyes face fact feel followed girl give golfer Government hand head heard hundred Jalna Karass knew labor land learned letters living look Martha matter means ment Mexican Mexico mind moral morning mother never newspapers night once party passed perhaps person play political Pope Leo XIII Protestantism Rabary river Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Church Sacco and Vanzetti seemed sense Shameen SIR ARTHUR South Africa South Braintree spirit street talk tell things thought tion to-day told took turned week woman women words young