The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 142Atlantic Monthly Company, 1928 - American essays |
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... never drops below seventy - five degrees Fahrenheit , George is never seen on these dress occasions without his Brit- ish ' warm . ' He addresses me thus : ' Noo akaleilei kotou kia akalongo i toku tara - tara ! Sit down prettily , you ...
... never drops below seventy - five degrees Fahrenheit , George is never seen on these dress occasions without his Brit- ish ' warm . ' He addresses me thus : ' Noo akaleilei kotou kia akalongo i toku tara - tara ! Sit down prettily , you ...
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... never since missed an opportunity for such a feast . In a civilized country where one has an abundance of fresh meat , the thought of a frigate - bird meal would , perhaps , be abhorrent ; but on an atoll where the weekly chicken and ...
... never since missed an opportunity for such a feast . In a civilized country where one has an abundance of fresh meat , the thought of a frigate - bird meal would , perhaps , be abhorrent ; but on an atoll where the weekly chicken and ...
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... never yet been cajoled into joining the church . King - of - the - Sky is usually the first to appear . He is a huge , grizzle - haired old man , six feet four , and weighing two hundred and sixty pounds , all solid bone and muscle . He ...
... never yet been cajoled into joining the church . King - of - the - Sky is usually the first to appear . He is a huge , grizzle - haired old man , six feet four , and weighing two hundred and sixty pounds , all solid bone and muscle . He ...
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... never once reproached me . He merely told Sea Foam , later , that he was pleased to find the children learning English so rapidly , but on the whole he believed it would be better for them to learn no more secular songs . Per- haps it ...
... never once reproached me . He merely told Sea Foam , later , that he was pleased to find the children learning English so rapidly , but on the whole he believed it would be better for them to learn no more secular songs . Per- haps it ...
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... Never before had a single country amassed so large a proportion of the world's standard money ; such a per- sistent and one - sided movement of the metal had never been considered with- in the bounds of possibility . It was as if one ...
... Never before had a single country amassed so large a proportion of the world's standard money ; such a per- sistent and one - sided movement of the metal had never been considered with- in the bounds of possibility . It was as if one ...
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