Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 115Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Scribner & Company; The Century Company, 1927 - American literature |
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... play it according to the rules of a mere battle of sharp wits . The temptation " to fight fire with fire " becomes formidable . Thus , the profession owes it to itself to check present recklessness in swearing . The lawyer who pre ...
... play it according to the rules of a mere battle of sharp wits . The temptation " to fight fire with fire " becomes formidable . Thus , the profession owes it to itself to check present recklessness in swearing . The lawyer who pre ...
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... play , but as a trust to be adminis- tered by each for the benefit of all . The acceptance of one interpre- tation or the other is often a matter of education , -using that term in its broadest sense . Thought , quite as much as action ...
... play , but as a trust to be adminis- tered by each for the benefit of all . The acceptance of one interpre- tation or the other is often a matter of education , -using that term in its broadest sense . Thought , quite as much as action ...
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... play , in all the daily concerns of life , blasphemy is rampant , if profanity has become so common that it assails the ear a score of times in a walk of a few blocks and offends the eye on every third page of the modern novel , what ...
... play , in all the daily concerns of life , blasphemy is rampant , if profanity has become so common that it assails the ear a score of times in a walk of a few blocks and offends the eye on every third page of the modern novel , what ...
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... tongues of men and angels — but in a wet blubbery jargon of his own . " Buh , " was bread ; " wuh , " was water ; " guh , " meant play , and also stood for " more sugar on my bread . " Thus he made known his simple wants to the rest 13.
... tongues of men and angels — but in a wet blubbery jargon of his own . " Buh , " was bread ; " wuh , " was water ; " guh , " meant play , and also stood for " more sugar on my bread . " Thus he made known his simple wants to the rest 13.
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... play rummy , Guggy had a cellar . If a pear - tree had to be looted , Guggy was boosted up the tree . So one day when Patrolman Dane forcibly ac- companied by Master Guggy Ral- ston , rang the door - bell and asked for my mother , I ...
... play rummy , Guggy had a cellar . If a pear - tree had to be looted , Guggy was boosted up the tree . So one day when Patrolman Dane forcibly ac- companied by Master Guggy Ral- ston , rang the door - bell and asked for my mother , I ...
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