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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... Tell me when you went to pieces . " " One , two , three , four , five , six , seven eight - I beg your pardon ... Tell me yours , and I'll tell you mine . Only be quiet - be quiet , lad , or you'll set me off ! " She made shift to soothe ...
... Tell me when you went to pieces . " " One , two , three , four , five , six , seven eight - I beg your pardon ... Tell me yours , and I'll tell you mine . Only be quiet - be quiet , lad , or you'll set me off ! " She made shift to soothe ...
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... telling him how well he looked , a thing which for some reason Fitz never liked to be told . She wouldn't have been ... Tell Miss Manisty that I'm very sorry , but I'm engaged at present . I'll see her here - in the office - at five ...
... telling him how well he looked , a thing which for some reason Fitz never liked to be told . She wouldn't have been ... Tell Miss Manisty that I'm very sorry , but I'm engaged at present . I'll see her here - in the office - at five ...
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... tell you how he looked at me . It was an unforgetable , indescribable look , and complex to the last degree . Amaze- ment , incredulity that such treachery as mine could be , supplication and reproach and agony , were all mixed up in it ...
... tell you how he looked at me . It was an unforgetable , indescribable look , and complex to the last degree . Amaze- ment , incredulity that such treachery as mine could be , supplication and reproach and agony , were all mixed up in it ...
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... tell you how Pinking accounted to himself for his master's ex- traordinary appearance ; all he said to me was ... telling him that he need never have been ill at all ; that he was ill in consequence of the life he'd led . He told her ...
... tell you how Pinking accounted to himself for his master's ex- traordinary appearance ; all he said to me was ... telling him that he need never have been ill at all ; that he was ill in consequence of the life he'd led . He told her ...
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... tell me what he'd said . It seems he'd said it was too late ; he was too old and too tired , much too tired ; he didn't really think he was ever going to be well again . And she had said that wasn't making very much of her , when it was ...
... tell me what he'd said . It seems he'd said it was too late ; he was too old and too tired , much too tired ; he didn't really think he was ever going to be well again . And she had said that wasn't making very much of her , when it was ...
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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!