Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 99Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Scribner & Company; The Century Company, 1919 - American literature |
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... never took any notice of anything or anybody , and it was downright pathetical to see him sitting there with his big fists limp in his lap , letting those kids plaster up his hair with adhesive plaster , or shave his upper lip to look ...
... never took any notice of anything or anybody , and it was downright pathetical to see him sitting there with his big fists limp in his lap , letting those kids plaster up his hair with adhesive plaster , or shave his upper lip to look ...
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... never had seen a book of short stories , and he says to the nurse : " Say , what kind of a book is this ? I keep beginning it over again at each chapter , and waiting for all these folks to git hitched up together ; but they never do ...
... never had seen a book of short stories , and he says to the nurse : " Say , what kind of a book is this ? I keep beginning it over again at each chapter , and waiting for all these folks to git hitched up together ; but they never do ...
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... never took any part in the mix - ups was Merton and the Nut . The curious thing was that the boys hated Merton and liked the Nut . Have you ever noticed how a person always gives his real self away ? Drunk or sober , sane or crazy ...
... never took any part in the mix - ups was Merton and the Nut . The curious thing was that the boys hated Merton and liked the Nut . Have you ever noticed how a person always gives his real self away ? Drunk or sober , sane or crazy ...
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... never open to China , but always open to anybody who would assure us that he could never pay . It has always been as clear as a map that eastern Siberia is the " manifest destiny " of Japan . Similarly , it was clear to people of so ...
... never open to China , but always open to anybody who would assure us that he could never pay . It has always been as clear as a map that eastern Siberia is the " manifest destiny " of Japan . Similarly , it was clear to people of so ...
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... never bothered me . And why has it never bothered me ? Simply because I was sensible , took the pains to consult an astrologer , and by his ad- vice wear about my neck night and day a bag of dried toad's blood and pow- dered cinnamon ...
... never bothered me . And why has it never bothered me ? Simply because I was sensible , took the pains to consult an astrologer , and by his ad- vice wear about my neck night and day a bag of dried toad's blood and pow- dered cinnamon ...
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