The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 128Atlantic Monthly Company, 1921 - American essays |
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Page 38
... took it . So six years ago I came out . First I went to a doctor and his wife at Cawnpore . They had a wonderful knowledge of the Indian peoples , and there I learned Hindustani and much else . Then he died . But an aunt had left me two ...
... took it . So six years ago I came out . First I went to a doctor and his wife at Cawnpore . They had a wonderful knowledge of the Indian peoples , and there I learned Hindustani and much else . Then he died . But an aunt had left me two ...
Page 43
... took the shortest way to the Sunset Road to lounge about and wait for Vanna and Winifred . She never came , and I was as unreasonably angry as if I had de- served the blessing of her presence . Next day I could see that she tried ...
... took the shortest way to the Sunset Road to lounge about and wait for Vanna and Winifred . She never came , and I was as unreasonably angry as if I had de- served the blessing of her presence . Next day I could see that she tried ...
Page 50
... took the child for the service of the gods , for she was most lovely , and she clung to the feet of a man in terror , and the priest stabbed her to the heart . She died in my arms . ' ' Good God ! ' I said , shuddering ; ' what a sight ...
... took the child for the service of the gods , for she was most lovely , and she clung to the feet of a man in terror , and the priest stabbed her to the heart . She died in my arms . ' ' Good God ! ' I said , shuddering ; ' what a sight ...
Page 62
... took its name , châtel , of course , being the old form of châ- teau ; and for several succeeding cen- turies it belonged to the Church — a fortress village enclosed by high , thick walls . - It was during its ecclesiastical exist- ence ...
... took its name , châtel , of course , being the old form of châ- teau ; and for several succeeding cen- turies it belonged to the Church — a fortress village enclosed by high , thick walls . - It was during its ecclesiastical exist- ence ...
Page 68
... took on life and glowed dully , with an evil fire . And they made his first clear picture of the concept that he was finally to call America . America , he perceived , was a place where ' Hunkies ' did not matter , alive or dead ...
... took on life and glowed dully , with an evil fire . And they made his first clear picture of the concept that he was finally to call America . America , he perceived , was a place where ' Hunkies ' did not matter , alive or dead ...
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