Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 100Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Century Company, 1920 - American literature |
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... stood before the world as a huge Christian personage . The most indomitable fighters of that generation were behind this profession . Those who had scoffed at the Puritan remained , if not to pray , at least to consider . Organized ...
... stood before the world as a huge Christian personage . The most indomitable fighters of that generation were behind this profession . Those who had scoffed at the Puritan remained , if not to pray , at least to consider . Organized ...
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... stood there , her memory drew pictures of her father , a man passionate in his love for her , passionate in his angers . She could see his big frame stoop as he folded her in his arms , his brown eyes alight with devotion . Other people ...
... stood there , her memory drew pictures of her father , a man passionate in his love for her , passionate in his angers . She could see his big frame stoop as he folded her in his arms , his brown eyes alight with devotion . Other people ...
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... stood on the alert , revolver half raised , as the detail approached . The giving of the countersign did not seem to satisfy him . He looked Hanne- ken up and down suspiciously and asked him a question . The captain , pretending he was ...
... stood on the alert , revolver half raised , as the detail approached . The giving of the countersign did not seem to satisfy him . He looked Hanne- ken up and down suspiciously and asked him a question . The captain , pretending he was ...
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... stood erect , his silk shirt gleaming in the flickering light . He was peering sus- piciously over the fire , trying to recog- nize the new - comers . A woman was kneeling beside the heap of fagots , coax- ing it to blaze . A hundred or ...
... stood erect , his silk shirt gleaming in the flickering light . He was peering sus- piciously over the fire , trying to recog- nize the new - comers . A woman was kneeling beside the heap of fagots , coax- ing it to blaze . A hundred or ...
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... stood with his right hand cupped over his right ear , his left fin- gers playing fretfully with his Austra- lian - gold watch - chain . " Hey ? " he interrupted . " League of Nations ! All fiddle ! Don't believe in it . " The President ...
... stood with his right hand cupped over his right ear , his left fin- gers playing fretfully with his Austra- lian - gold watch - chain . " Hey ? " he interrupted . " League of Nations ! All fiddle ! Don't believe in it . " The President ...
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