Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 102Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Century Company, 1921 - American literature |
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... Once he betrayed a vice far meaner . A certain Boston matron , consort of a highly esteemed merchant , came sum- mering to Kennuit , first of the tennis- yelping hordes who now infest the cape and interrupt the meditations of associate ...
... Once he betrayed a vice far meaner . A certain Boston matron , consort of a highly esteemed merchant , came sum- mering to Kennuit , first of the tennis- yelping hordes who now infest the cape and interrupt the meditations of associate ...
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... Once in a blue moon , perhaps , frenzied by some drunken ecstasy of daring , or driven thither by the exigencies of battle with a butterfly , one might drop upon the dish of curry or alight for a tran- sient second on the back of my ...
... Once in a blue moon , perhaps , frenzied by some drunken ecstasy of daring , or driven thither by the exigencies of battle with a butterfly , one might drop upon the dish of curry or alight for a tran- sient second on the back of my ...
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... once more . Before my advent thither , the greatest god in my people's country was the god of the great cotton - tree that raised its gaunt , drab majesty above a mound that stood about two hundred yards from my abode . No- body dared ...
... once more . Before my advent thither , the greatest god in my people's country was the god of the great cotton - tree that raised its gaunt , drab majesty above a mound that stood about two hundred yards from my abode . No- body dared ...
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... once lived in Aus- tralia in the house of a man who kept a bulldog and who received a present of a small native bear . I was present at the scene of their introduction to each other . The owner explained carefully that they must be ...
... once lived in Aus- tralia in the house of a man who kept a bulldog and who received a present of a small native bear . I was present at the scene of their introduction to each other . The owner explained carefully that they must be ...
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... once more steadily into hers . Sophie hesitated ; but not to be thwarted of her vengeance , she tore out his pic- ture and laid it on the table , then she ripped the catalogue , and stuffed the crumpled pages into the stove . It roared ...
... once more steadily into hers . Sophie hesitated ; but not to be thwarted of her vengeance , she tore out his pic- ture and laid it on the table , then she ripped the catalogue , and stuffed the crumpled pages into the stove . It roared ...
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Page 313 - Certain communities formerly belonging to the Turkish Empire have reached a stage of development where their existence as independent nations can be provisionally recognized subject to the rendering of administrative advice and assistance by a Mandatory until such time as they are able to stand alone.
Page 135 - The United States of America and the Emperor of China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects respectively from the one country to the other for purposes of curiosity, of trade, or as permanent residents.
Page 829 - And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
Page 60 - May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20. For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21. (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.) 22.
Page 491 - ONCE did She hold the gorgeous east in fee ; And was the safeguard of the west : the worth Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty. She was a maiden City, bright and free ; No guile seduced, no force could violate ; And, when she took unto herself a Mate, She must espouse the everlasting Sea.
Page 256 - O attic shape! Fair attitude! with brede Of marble men and maidens overwrought, With forest branches and the trodden weed; Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought As doth eternity: Cold Pastoral!
Page 827 - IN Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round...
Page 124 - Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life we pass and speak one another, Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.
Page 302 - I am not for criticising hedgerows and black cattle. I go out of town in order to forget the town and all that is in it. There are those who for this purpose go to watering-places and carry the metropolis with them. I like more elbow-room and fewer incumbrances.
Page 256 - Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkened ways Made for our searching : yes, in spite of all, Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From our dark spirits. Such the sun, the moon, Trees old and young, sprouting a shady boon For simple sheep ; and such are daffodils With the green world they live in...