Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 124Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells Harper's Magazine Company, 1912 - American literature Important American periodical dating back to 1850. |
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... Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells. 4350 Half - tone plate engraved by G. F Smith " BUT THE CRUELTY OF IT ! DON'T YOU FEEL IT ? " Drawn by W. Hathere ! l , R.I. gins on a steamer on a stifling hot night .
... Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells. 4350 Half - tone plate engraved by G. F Smith " BUT THE CRUELTY OF IT ! DON'T YOU FEEL IT ? " Drawn by W. Hathere ! l , R.I. gins on a steamer on a stifling hot night .
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... half the parishes of the Summer Islands : metropolitan Pembroke , proud Paget , across the bay , where most of the best society dwells ; Warwick , not the rose , but next the rose ; and rustic Somerset , where the prosperous farming ...
... half the parishes of the Summer Islands : metropolitan Pembroke , proud Paget , across the bay , where most of the best society dwells ; Warwick , not the rose , but next the rose ; and rustic Somerset , where the prosperous farming ...
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... half an acre with the wreck of its roofs and walls , and holding half erect certain rooms which showed the delicate fancies of art in the stucco tracery of ceiling and cornice . But most touching of all was a gate- way , with pillars ...
... half an acre with the wreck of its roofs and walls , and holding half erect certain rooms which showed the delicate fancies of art in the stucco tracery of ceiling and cornice . But most touching of all was a gate- way , with pillars ...
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... Half Moon Street . I remember her now , in her stiff nurses ' uniform , sitting bolt upright on Fitz's divan , looking odd among all his Oriental glooms and splendors , and the Buddhas and Krishnas and things he had brought back with ...
... Half Moon Street . I remember her now , in her stiff nurses ' uniform , sitting bolt upright on Fitz's divan , looking odd among all his Oriental glooms and splendors , and the Buddhas and Krishnas and things he had brought back with ...
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... half a lifetime , and culmi- nate at last in that crowning work , the Recollections , the love- liest story ever told of that martyred girl . The incident meant even more than that : it meant the awaken- interest ing of his in all ...
... half a lifetime , and culmi- nate at last in that crowning work , the Recollections , the love- liest story ever told of that martyred girl . The incident meant even more than that : it meant the awaken- interest ing of his in all ...
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Page 216 - Bixby lifted his voice and the weightier his adjectives grew. When he closed the window he was empty. You could have drawn a seine through his system and not caught curses enough to disturb your mother with. Presently he said to me in the gentlest way: "My boy, you must get a little memorandumbook, and every time I tell you a thing, put it down right away.
Page 92 - When I retrod that watery way Some hours beyond the droop of day, Still I found pacing there the twain Just as slowly, just as sadly, Heedless of the night and rain. One could but wonder who they were And what wild woe detained them there.
Page 42 - He turned, his eyes streaming with tears, and flung himself into her arms. "I will promise anything," he sobbed, "if you won't make me go to school! Anything!" His mother held him for a moment, thinking, then she said: "No, Sammy, you need not go to school any more. Only promise me to be a better boy. Promise not to break my heart.
Page 430 - BY Nebo's lonely mountain, On this side Jordan's wave, In a vale in the land of Moab There lies a lonely grave. And no man knows that sepulchre, And no man saw it e'er, For the angels of God upturned the sod, And laid the dead man there.
Page 44 - ... with all her pretty girlish airs and graces in full play, and that sweet ignorance of care and that atmosphere of innocence and purity all about her that belong to her gracious time of life, indeed she was a vision to warm the coldest heart and bless and cheer the saddest.
Page 597 - You have great ability ; I believe you have genius. What you need now is the refinement of association. Seek companionship among men of superior intellect and character. Refine yourself and your work. Never affiliate with inferiors; always climb.
Page 587 - It was fearful drudgery — soulless drudgery — and almost destitute of interest. It was an awful slavery for a lazy man." It must have been so. There was little chance for original work. He had become just a part of a news machine. He saw many public abuses that he wished to expose, but the policy of the paper opposed him.
Page 215 - Did you ever do any steering?" '"I have steered everything on the river but a steamboat, I guess." ' ' Very well. Take the wheel and see what you can do with a steamboat. Keep her as she is — toward that lower cottonwood snag.
Page 48 - From the gallery (second floor) you have a glorious sight — the flags of the different countries represented, the lofty dome, glittering jewelry, gaudy tapestry, &c., with the busy crowd passing to and fro — tis a perfect fairy palace — beautiful beyond description.
Page 226 - Even at this day it thrills me through and through to think of the life, the gladness and the wild sense of freedom that used to make the blood dance in my veins on those fine overland mornings!