Harper's Magazine, Volume 141Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman, Frederick Lewis Allen Harper & Brothers, 1920 - American literature Important American periodical dating back to 1850. |
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... stopping that ? " " I wouldn't consider that for a mo- ment , " said Ben , with more temper than he had so far shown . " I don't make him that allowance so that I can force him to do what I think best . I give it to him because he needs ...
... stopping that ? " " I wouldn't consider that for a mo- ment , " said Ben , with more temper than he had so far shown . " I don't make him that allowance so that I can force him to do what I think best . I give it to him because he needs ...
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... stopped and took a swim . " " You enjoyed that , I suppose ? " His daughter glanced at him and turned crimson ; but she did not have to answer , for at that moment Tomes came , in response to her ring , and she said : MORNING , MCKELLAR ...
... stopped and took a swim . " " You enjoyed that , I suppose ? " His daughter glanced at him and turned crimson ; but she did not have to answer , for at that moment Tomes came , in response to her ring , and she said : MORNING , MCKELLAR ...
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... once sat and considered the illusion of matter . They stopped at length at the edge of a sandy beach . Crystal parked her car neatly with a sharp turn of the wheel , and got out . Ben's heart bounded at the news - not that he.
... once sat and considered the illusion of matter . They stopped at length at the edge of a sandy beach . Crystal parked her car neatly with a sharp turn of the wheel , and got out . Ben's heart bounded at the news - not that he.
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... stopped laughing . " You don't think it's amusing ? " ( He shook his head . ) " That we're relations - in - law , when we thought it was all so unknown and romantic ? No wonder I felt at home with you , when I've read so many of your ...
... stopped laughing . " You don't think it's amusing ? " ( He shook his head . ) " That we're relations - in - law , when we thought it was all so unknown and romantic ? No wonder I felt at home with you , when I've read so many of your ...
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... stopped dead , and studied Rufus Hamilton Osborne with stolid curiosity , not deeming it possible that the words he had heard had come from the lips of the black man , yet willing to ascertain . Rufus , impressed by this THE GROPERS BY ...
... stopped dead , and studied Rufus Hamilton Osborne with stolid curiosity , not deeming it possible that the words he had heard had come from the lips of the black man , yet willing to ascertain . Rufus , impressed by this THE GROPERS BY ...
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Page 782 - This kind of degenerate learning did chiefly reign amongst the school-men, who, having sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure, and small variety of reading; but their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors (chiefly Aristotle their dictator...
Page 123 - AH, did you once see Shelley plain, And did he stop and speak to you And did you speak to him again ? How strange it seems and new...
Page 480 - Few of us take the pains to study the origin of our cherished convictions; indeed, we have a natural repugnance to so doing. We like to continue to believe what we have been accustomed to accept as true, and the resentment aroused when doubt is cast upon any of our assumptions leads us to seek every manner of excuse for clinging to them. The result is that most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do. I remember years ago attending a public...
Page 376 - tis figured in the flowers; Was never secret history But birds tell it in the bowers. One harvest from thy field Homeward brought the oxen strong; A second crop thine acres yield, Which I gather in a song.
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Page 481 - Opinions, on the other hand, which are the result of experience or of honest reasoning do not have this quality of "primary certitude." I remember when as a youth I heard a group of business men discussing the question of the immortality of the soul, I was outraged by the sentiment of doubt expressed by one of the party. As I look back now I see that I had at the time no interest in the matter and certainly no least argument to urge in favor of the belief in which I had been reared. But neither my...
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Page 648 - I had invented motherhood.This perfect little boy was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen in my life.
Page 481 - ... primary certitude." I remember when as a youth I heard a group of business men discussing the question of the immortality of the soul, I was outraged by the sentiment of doubt expressed by one of the party. As I look back now I see that I had at the time no interest in the matter, and certainly no least. argument to urge in favor of the belief in which I had been reared. But neither my personal indifference to the issue, nor the fact that I had previously given it no attention, served to prevent...
Page 198 - This saying good-by on the edge of the dark And the cold to an orchard so young in the bark Reminds me of all that can happen to harm An orchard away at the end of the farm All winter, cut off by a hill from the house.