The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 146Atlantic Monthly Company, 1930 - American essays |
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... hold up his share of the conversation in any company . He has a habit of using old saws , but he does not follow them . He decides his problem first , then finds the old saw to fit his solution . This evening I heard him mutter : ' Well ...
... hold up his share of the conversation in any company . He has a habit of using old saws , but he does not follow them . He decides his problem first , then finds the old saw to fit his solution . This evening I heard him mutter : ' Well ...
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... hold . there . ' FULL AND BY A Kanaka Voyage BY ROBERT DEAN FRISBIE. most unforeseeable event , no slip would occur . And even if there did , the rope , an unusually strong and heavy one , could be counted on for a good deal . So I ...
... hold . there . ' FULL AND BY A Kanaka Voyage BY ROBERT DEAN FRISBIE. most unforeseeable event , no slip would occur . And even if there did , the rope , an unusually strong and heavy one , could be counted on for a good deal . So I ...
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... Hold on ! Hold on ! ' he yelled , waving his arms frantically to encour- age the passengers below to action . The wave reached the starboard side . The vessel came up to an even keel on the slanting volume of mad water . She staggered ...
... Hold on ! Hold on ! ' he yelled , waving his arms frantically to encour- age the passengers below to action . The wave reached the starboard side . The vessel came up to an even keel on the slanting volume of mad water . She staggered ...
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