The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 142Atlantic Monthly Company, 1928 - American essays |
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Page 9
... Look at her , people of Puka - Puka ! She has the royal blood of Peru Island in her stomach : a finer , fatter woman is not to be found and all , all thrown away on the worthless idiot , Wail - of- Woe ! Curse him , the bag of bones ...
... Look at her , people of Puka - Puka ! She has the royal blood of Peru Island in her stomach : a finer , fatter woman is not to be found and all , all thrown away on the worthless idiot , Wail - of- Woe ! Curse him , the bag of bones ...
Page 11
... look forward to them and would make suggestions for improvements in the verses she was composing . And he would discuss with her the arrangements for his burial how many yards of white calico would suffice for the winding sheet , and so ...
... look forward to them and would make suggestions for improvements in the verses she was composing . And he would discuss with her the arrangements for his burial how many yards of white calico would suffice for the winding sheet , and so ...
Page 33
... look upon the coming Italians as Vandals . However , finding in these Italians a well - disciplined and orderly soldiery , superior in every way to their former defenders , they have changed their minds somewhat and are more hopeful of ...
... look upon the coming Italians as Vandals . However , finding in these Italians a well - disciplined and orderly soldiery , superior in every way to their former defenders , they have changed their minds somewhat and are more hopeful of ...
Page 37
... look . They were quicker , sharper- featured , and a little less ragged than the mass of the peasants- the people of the city come out to look at their new masters . " That's the leader ! ' shouted one to make himself heard above the ...
... look . They were quicker , sharper- featured , and a little less ragged than the mass of the peasants- the people of the city come out to look at their new masters . " That's the leader ! ' shouted one to make himself heard above the ...
Page 38
... look at him expectantly , and the baker's vagabond son , who had grown up in his village , leaned over and whispered , ' When the winning post is near , you should put spurs to the horse . ' Joseph was ashamed and dropped his head ...
... look at him expectantly , and the baker's vagabond son , who had grown up in his village , leaned over and whispered , ' When the winning post is near , you should put spurs to the horse . ' Joseph was ashamed and dropped his head ...
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