The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 139Atlantic Monthly Company, 1927 - American essays |
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Page 26
... took place at a coal pier in Baltimore before I was seven- teen - I even leaped overboard for a swim . Baltimore beer was the first medium , and Jamaica rum the second . To be frank , I lost my dignity after the second spree by poking ...
... took place at a coal pier in Baltimore before I was seven- teen - I even leaped overboard for a swim . Baltimore beer was the first medium , and Jamaica rum the second . To be frank , I lost my dignity after the second spree by poking ...
Page 28
did . Herd habits took root in my prim- itive heart and sprouted vigorously . They took me by surprise , first as a vague encroachment , then as a blur- ring fungus growth , on my sharply focused senses , then as a merging of my tongue ...
did . Herd habits took root in my prim- itive heart and sprouted vigorously . They took me by surprise , first as a vague encroachment , then as a blur- ring fungus growth , on my sharply focused senses , then as a merging of my tongue ...
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... took title to . That was my fault , however . Her budget was marvelous : Grocery $ 15.00 Rent , four - room flat 12.00 Furniture , on time 12.00 The Everglades , on time 10.00 Correspondence school , on time 5.00 Carfare 3.00 Clothes ...
... took title to . That was my fault , however . Her budget was marvelous : Grocery $ 15.00 Rent , four - room flat 12.00 Furniture , on time 12.00 The Everglades , on time 10.00 Correspondence school , on time 5.00 Carfare 3.00 Clothes ...
Page 81
... crowd at the station , just to give him the welcome she was sure he deserved . As for the King and Queen , she had an engagement with them nearly every day , somewhere , when they were in London , and they took her to all A DESERT OWL 81.
... crowd at the station , just to give him the welcome she was sure he deserved . As for the King and Queen , she had an engagement with them nearly every day , somewhere , when they were in London , and they took her to all A DESERT OWL 81.
Page 82
... took them . Having money made these pleasures possible . Without independent means she could never have afforded all the bus fares and tube fares required . But of course there were many ceremonies that did not take a penny , being near ...
... took them . Having money made these pleasures possible . Without independent means she could never have afforded all the bus fares and tube fares required . But of course there were many ceremonies that did not take a penny , being near ...
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