The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 128Atlantic Monthly Company, 1921 - American essays |
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Page 39
It may be very beautiful on the sur- face , ' I said morosely ; ' but there's a lot of misery below - hateful , they tell me . ' ' Of course , I shall get to work one day . But look at the sunset . It opens like a mysterious flower .
It may be very beautiful on the sur- face , ' I said morosely ; ' but there's a lot of misery below - hateful , they tell me . ' ' Of course , I shall get to work one day . But look at the sunset . It opens like a mysterious flower .
Page 43
She looked pale and a little wearied , and I remember that I wished I did not know every change of her face as I did . ' So you have been up the Khyber Pass , ' she said as I fell into step at her side . " Tell me was it as wonderful as ...
She looked pale and a little wearied , and I remember that I wished I did not know every change of her face as I did . ' So you have been up the Khyber Pass , ' she said as I fell into step at her side . " Tell me was it as wonderful as ...
Page 49
We saw the swarming life of the bazaar ; the white turbans coming and going , diversified by the rose and yellow Hindu turbans ; the fine aquiline face and the caste - marks , orange and red , on the dark brows .
We saw the swarming life of the bazaar ; the white turbans coming and going , diversified by the rose and yellow Hindu turbans ; the fine aquiline face and the caste - marks , orange and red , on the dark brows .
Page 54
The front view of his head is a bit mephis- tophelian , for it is drawn upward into two horny spines ; but the side view re- calls a little girl with her hair brushed very tightly up and back from her face . The connection between Atta ...
The front view of his head is a bit mephis- tophelian , for it is drawn upward into two horny spines ; but the side view re- calls a little girl with her hair brushed very tightly up and back from her face . The connection between Atta ...
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These mighty - jawed fellows seem never to come to the sur- face unless danger threatens ; and my mind went down into the black , musty depths , where it is the duty of these soldiers to walk about and wait for trouble .
These mighty - jawed fellows seem never to come to the sur- face unless danger threatens ; and my mind went down into the black , musty depths , where it is the duty of these soldiers to walk about and wait for trouble .
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