Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 115Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Scribner & Company; The Century Company, 1927 - American literature |
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Page 13
... called " Num- ble , " but all truths revealed by Numble were forever hushed in the vast silence of Charley's ponderings . Daily at five - thirty he tranquilly absorbed a bowl of gruel , and allowed himself to be bedded down with his ...
... called " Num- ble , " but all truths revealed by Numble were forever hushed in the vast silence of Charley's ponderings . Daily at five - thirty he tranquilly absorbed a bowl of gruel , and allowed himself to be bedded down with his ...
Page 14
... called them " gug- gies , " we nicknamed him " Guggy " or more briefly , " Gug . " We taught him to fetch bread and molasses for us as we lay in bed on winter morn- ings , but his hand was clumsy and he never learned to cut a delicate ...
... called them " gug- gies , " we nicknamed him " Guggy " or more briefly , " Gug . " We taught him to fetch bread and molasses for us as we lay in bed on winter morn- ings , but his hand was clumsy and he never learned to cut a delicate ...
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... called him young Durant , and asked him how General Motors was coming along . With literal seriousness he told me he wasn't interested in Motors , but in Grisco Linoleums , an unlisted subsidiary of American Leather . " Who says it's a ...
... called him young Durant , and asked him how General Motors was coming along . With literal seriousness he told me he wasn't interested in Motors , but in Grisco Linoleums , an unlisted subsidiary of American Leather . " Who says it's a ...
Page 22
... called " The Tog- gery , " and when times are good he sells many neckties and shirts to the thinly gilded youth of the academy . As an old Alumnus , he claims the privileges of extending credit to all Holton men , and of lecturing them ...
... called " The Tog- gery , " and when times are good he sells many neckties and shirts to the thinly gilded youth of the academy . As an old Alumnus , he claims the privileges of extending credit to all Holton men , and of lecturing them ...
Page 35
... called on to address large public gatherings . But Church- ill , a modern Demosthenes , steeled himself to conquer his disability . He could not eradicate it , so he ignored it . He never chose his words to avoid sibilants , so common ...
... called on to address large public gatherings . But Church- ill , a modern Demosthenes , steeled himself to conquer his disability . He could not eradicate it , so he ignored it . He never chose his words to avoid sibilants , so common ...
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