Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 100Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Century Company, 1920 - American literature |
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Page 17
... force that menaced and derided him . From her window Bess could watch him toiling at his task , his patient figure comical in its grotesque garb , tragic in the intensity of its struggle against a cruel force of nature . The cotton ...
... force that menaced and derided him . From her window Bess could watch him toiling at his task , his patient figure comical in its grotesque garb , tragic in the intensity of its struggle against a cruel force of nature . The cotton ...
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... force seemed to tear her heart out of her body , crush it with iron force , and then thrust it back . " Ed , " she cried , with heartbreak in her voice , " O Ed , I guess I'd better go back to pappy , darling ! " He shook his head ...
... force seemed to tear her heart out of her body , crush it with iron force , and then thrust it back . " Ed , " she cried , with heartbreak in her voice , " O Ed , I guess I'd better go back to pappy , darling ! " He shook his head ...
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... force the Government to appoint him the ruler of a province or a smaller dis- trict . Others are merely the mouth- pieces of disgruntled politicians or in- fluential " respectable citizens " of Port- au - Prince or several others of the ...
... force the Government to appoint him the ruler of a province or a smaller dis- trict . Others are merely the mouth- pieces of disgruntled politicians or in- fluential " respectable citizens " of Port- au - Prince or several others of the ...
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... forces of occupation carried matters with somewhat too energetic a hand . The na- tives were not particularly fond of the ... force under Le- clerc that was driven from the island more than a century ago . The cacos have a mortal fear of ...
... forces of occupation carried matters with somewhat too energetic a hand . The na- tives were not particularly fond of the ... force under Le- clerc that was driven from the island more than a century ago . The cacos have a mortal fear of ...
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... forces of evil were pursuing him . The natives can't " savez " this uncanny prowess of les blancs , and commonly attribute it to the sustaining force of some voodoo spirit friendly to the white man . This belief is to a certain extent a ...
... forces of evil were pursuing him . The natives can't " savez " this uncanny prowess of les blancs , and commonly attribute it to the sustaining force of some voodoo spirit friendly to the white man . This belief is to a certain extent a ...
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