Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 100Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Century Company, 1920 - American literature |
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Page 18
... look of desperation in his eyes , and then scan the blue emptiness of sky in search of a cloud , as a shipwrecked mariner on a lonely sea might look for a sail . " It ' s enough to drive a feller mad to have to work ag'in ' the odds ...
... look of desperation in his eyes , and then scan the blue emptiness of sky in search of a cloud , as a shipwrecked mariner on a lonely sea might look for a sail . " It ' s enough to drive a feller mad to have to work ag'in ' the odds ...
Page 20
... looks like , and his wife ought t ' stand by him . I'll stick ! " When Bessie started to get breakfast she realized ... look came into his eyes . " I ain't got the face to ask Bill Adams for no more credit . " She held one hand on the ...
... looks like , and his wife ought t ' stand by him . I'll stick ! " When Bessie started to get breakfast she realized ... look came into his eyes . " I ain't got the face to ask Bill Adams for no more credit . " She held one hand on the ...
Page 21
... look contradicted her . " I tried ' em . They're all in the same box . I dunno what we ' re goin ' to do ! " His voice rose sharply , and his eyes were unnatural in their stare . Her Bess looked at him through a veil of tears . She had ...
... look contradicted her . " I tried ' em . They're all in the same box . I dunno what we ' re goin ' to do ! " His voice rose sharply , and his eyes were unnatural in their stare . Her Bess looked at him through a veil of tears . She had ...
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... looks like God and man has forsaken me , an ' the elements was makin ' sport of me ? " His eyes were wild . She leaned ... look at him in terror , he struck his hands against his head , with one wordless cry . The sight of his anguish ...
... looks like God and man has forsaken me , an ' the elements was makin ' sport of me ? " His eyes were wild . She leaned ... look at him in terror , he struck his hands against his head , with one wordless cry . The sight of his anguish ...
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... look through my neighbor's window into the comfortable heart of civilization just so savingly withdrawn . For the illusion is always there . As the pedestrian flits along the pavement in elastic rubber- shoed tread , he reads the house ...
... look through my neighbor's window into the comfortable heart of civilization just so savingly withdrawn . For the illusion is always there . As the pedestrian flits along the pavement in elastic rubber- shoed tread , he reads the house ...
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