Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 100Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Century Company, 1920 - American literature |
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Page 11
... better able to appreciate the efforts of the Puritan than were our immediate predecessors . We cannot accept his answers , but we are beginning to ask the same kind of questions . We are less sure than we used to be that religion and ...
... better able to appreciate the efforts of the Puritan than were our immediate predecessors . We cannot accept his answers , but we are beginning to ask the same kind of questions . We are less sure than we used to be that religion and ...
Page 14
... better ! " " Like him ! He ain't got no more backbone than a twine string . I would n't give the scrapin's of my boot - heel for him - an ' you ' ve married him ! " His wrath seemed about to choke him . She had laid importunate hands on ...
... better ! " " Like him ! He ain't got no more backbone than a twine string . I would n't give the scrapin's of my boot - heel for him - an ' you ' ve married him ! " His wrath seemed about to choke him . She had laid importunate hands on ...
Page 20
... better go to town an ' get some groceries to - day ? " A tormented look came into his eyes . " I ain't got the face to ask Bill Adams for no more credit . " , She held one hand on the edge of the table to steady herself as the heat ...
... better go to town an ' get some groceries to - day ? " A tormented look came into his eyes . " I ain't got the face to ask Bill Adams for no more credit . " , She held one hand on the edge of the table to steady herself as the heat ...
Page 21
... better go back to pappy , darling ! " He shook his head . " He would n't let you . " Tears were rolling down her cheeks . " Yes , he wrote for me to come . " He lifted his head with a jerk . " When ' d you hear from him ? " " Some time ...
... better go back to pappy , darling ! " He shook his head . " He would n't let you . " Tears were rolling down her cheeks . " Yes , he wrote for me to come . " He lifted his head with a jerk . " When ' d you hear from him ? " " Some time ...
Page 32
... better than himself . He had played the part of a dime - novel hero , descended to the rôle of an actor , which his forceful , straightforward nature detested , only to be left the laughing - stock of his fellow - officers of the ...
... better than himself . He had played the part of a dime - novel hero , descended to the rôle of an actor , which his forceful , straightforward nature detested , only to be left the laughing - stock of his fellow - officers of the ...
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