Harper's Magazine, Volume 145Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman, Frederick Lewis Allen Harper & Brothers, 1922 - American literature Important American periodical dating back to 1850. |
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... matter if it all fades out afterward when it appears that Mary de Forrest merely put ground allspice into the coffee in mistake for powdered sugar and that the family didn't drink it , anyway . The reader has already turned to other mys ...
... matter if it all fades out afterward when it appears that Mary de Forrest merely put ground allspice into the coffee in mistake for powdered sugar and that the family didn't drink it , anyway . The reader has already turned to other mys ...
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... matters , I thought it better to use one and the same inci- dent and write it up in three different ways and get paid ... matter involves our reputation in the eyes of the surrounding natives , the Bantu Hottentots , the Negritos , the ...
... matters , I thought it better to use one and the same inci- dent and write it up in three different ways and get paid ... matter involves our reputation in the eyes of the surrounding natives , the Bantu Hottentots , the Negritos , the ...
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... matter up in the interests of its exiled subjects , and there had been wild talk about ambassa- dors and ultimatums . But something much more serious , in its personal inter- ests for March himself , seemed to fill his meeting with his ...
... matter up in the interests of its exiled subjects , and there had been wild talk about ambassa- dors and ultimatums . But something much more serious , in its personal inter- ests for March himself , seemed to fill his meeting with his ...
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... Matter of fact , " he said , " I don't seem to have one with me . I got one on the ship , though , " he went on . " Bring it ashore to - morrow . " " Sure you didn't tear it up by mis- take or send it away in the laundry ? " she ...
... Matter of fact , " he said , " I don't seem to have one with me . I got one on the ship , though , " he went on . " Bring it ashore to - morrow . " " Sure you didn't tear it up by mis- take or send it away in the laundry ? " she ...
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... matter . She was away in the future , in a distant and calm region to which he had not yet gained admission . There was some- thing he had to go through before he could get Ada . And while they jangled slowly along the quay , and Mr ...
... matter . She was away in the future , in a distant and calm region to which he had not yet gained admission . There was some- thing he had to go through before he could get Ada . And while they jangled slowly along the quay , and Mr ...
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