Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 102Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Century Company, 1921 - American literature |
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Page 41
... as his wife , and he never forgave her for finding it out . Mrs. Featherstone was a tolerant , quiet woman with a dreadful courage and a merciless sense of humor . She was not the wife for a weak , vain man THE CRYSTAL HEART 41.
... as his wife , and he never forgave her for finding it out . Mrs. Featherstone was a tolerant , quiet woman with a dreadful courage and a merciless sense of humor . She was not the wife for a weak , vain man THE CRYSTAL HEART 41.
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... sense Evidently , both phases have always been in the blood of the race . of the new is written in the Aurigna- cian cave drawings . It is certain that a five o'clock " extra " would have made a tremendous hit in a paleolithic village ...
... sense Evidently , both phases have always been in the blood of the race . of the new is written in the Aurigna- cian cave drawings . It is certain that a five o'clock " extra " would have made a tremendous hit in a paleolithic village ...
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... sense of her defeat . That night she lay awake staring into the darkness . Every nerve within her cried aloud with the gnawing ache of her unlived life . Out of the dim corners the specter of her stunted girl- hood rose to mock her the ...
... sense of her defeat . That night she lay awake staring into the darkness . Every nerve within her cried aloud with the gnawing ache of her unlived life . Out of the dim corners the specter of her stunted girl- hood rose to mock her the ...
Page 68
... sense of freedom that would make up for the lack of light and air . She paid down her first month's rent . Her house , securely hers . Yet with the flash of triumph came a stab of she retorted , flaring up . " The czar is dead . In ...
... sense of freedom that would make up for the lack of light and air . She paid down her first month's rent . Her house , securely hers . Yet with the flash of triumph came a stab of she retorted , flaring up . " The czar is dead . In ...
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... sense of having escaped from the trammels of her body , lifted her as on wings . Her radiant face met the re- sponsive glow of understanding that shone down on her from the wall . " It's your light shining through me , " she exulted ...
... sense of having escaped from the trammels of her body , lifted her as on wings . Her radiant face met the re- sponsive glow of understanding that shone down on her from the wall . " It's your light shining through me , " she exulted ...
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Page 313 - Certain communities formerly belonging to the Turkish Empire have reached a stage of development where their existence as independent nations can be provisionally recognized subject to the rendering of administrative advice and assistance by a Mandatory until such time as they are able to stand alone.
Page 135 - The United States of America and the Emperor of China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects respectively from the one country to the other for purposes of curiosity, of trade, or as permanent residents.
Page 829 - And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
Page 60 - May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20. For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21. (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.) 22.
Page 491 - ONCE did She hold the gorgeous east in fee ; And was the safeguard of the west : the worth Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty. She was a maiden City, bright and free ; No guile seduced, no force could violate ; And, when she took unto herself a Mate, She must espouse the everlasting Sea.
Page 256 - O attic shape! Fair attitude! with brede Of marble men and maidens overwrought, With forest branches and the trodden weed; Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought As doth eternity: Cold Pastoral!
Page 827 - IN Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round...
Page 124 - Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life we pass and speak one another, Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.
Page 302 - I am not for criticising hedgerows and black cattle. I go out of town in order to forget the town and all that is in it. There are those who for this purpose go to watering-places and carry the metropolis with them. I like more elbow-room and fewer incumbrances.
Page 256 - Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkened ways Made for our searching : yes, in spite of all, Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From our dark spirits. Such the sun, the moon, Trees old and young, sprouting a shady boon For simple sheep ; and such are daffodils With the green world they live in...