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... Turn of a Day . ' 468 ' Short Story's Mutations , The . ' Frances New- Scott , Evelyn . " The Golden Door . " 584 man . 357 Scott , Geoffrey . " The Portrait of Zélide . ' 515 , 562 Shorter , Clement K. 623,726 Scott , Hugh Stowell ...
... Turn of a Day . ' 468 ' Short Story's Mutations , The . ' Frances New- Scott , Evelyn . " The Golden Door . " 584 man . 357 Scott , Geoffrey . " The Portrait of Zélide . ' 515 , 562 Shorter , Clement K. 623,726 Scott , Hugh Stowell ...
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... Turn of a Day , The . ' Beggars of Life . ' 607 81,343 C. A. Dawson Scott . 468 238 Turner , W. J. " Things I Shouldn't Tell . " Smaragda's Lover . " 318 359 " Thinker , The . " Tuttle , Margaretta . The Cobweb . " 584 Aldanov . 114 ...
... Turn of a Day , The . ' Beggars of Life . ' 607 81,343 C. A. Dawson Scott . 468 238 Turner , W. J. " Things I Shouldn't Tell . " Smaragda's Lover . " 318 359 " Thinker , The . " Tuttle , Margaretta . The Cobweb . " 584 Aldanov . 114 ...
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... turn , find youth turned cruel to their middle age . Critical manners have mended some- what in the last years , yet there is still a distance to be traveled . Can we not look for a revival of chivalry with the wane of the realistic ...
... turn , find youth turned cruel to their middle age . Critical manners have mended some- what in the last years , yet there is still a distance to be traveled . Can we not look for a revival of chivalry with the wane of the realistic ...
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... of lost civilizations . Civilizations sooner or later are lost or displaced ; beyond this simple philosophy there is little to say , and we turn our curious gaze from one Per- relic to the next . In literature and in OUTLINES 31.
... of lost civilizations . Civilizations sooner or later are lost or displaced ; beyond this simple philosophy there is little to say , and we turn our curious gaze from one Per- relic to the next . In literature and in OUTLINES 31.
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... turns from exploiting the younger generation to a love story of present - day New York , where fortunes are made and lost with such amazing rapidity . I NFORMALLY introducing Aldous Huxley , minus his mustache and carrying his habit of ...
... turns from exploiting the younger generation to a love story of present - day New York , where fortunes are made and lost with such amazing rapidity . I NFORMALLY introducing Aldous Huxley , minus his mustache and carrying his habit of ...
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Page 574 - ... a certain colouring of imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual aspect; and further, and above all, to make these incidents and situations interesting by tracing in them, truly though not ostentatiously, the primary laws of our nature: chiefly, as far as regards the manner in which we associate ideas in a state of excitement.
Page 122 - But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world.
Page 19 - O My dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let Me see thy countenance, let Me hear thy voice ; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
Page 60 - It is their care in all the ages to take the buffet and cushion the shock. It is their care that the gear engages; it is their care that the switches lock. It is their care that the wheels run truly; it is their care to embark and entrain, Tally, transport, and deliver duly the Sons of Mary by land and main. They say to mountains 'Be ye removed.
Page 635 - The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown...
Page 108 - The New Yorker will be the magazine which is not edited for the old lady in Dubuque.
Page 60 - I put back the bandage) this is the time to fear, When he stands up like a tired man, tottering near and near; When he stands up as pleading, in wavering, man-brute guise, When he veils the hate and cunning of his little, swinish eyes; "When he shows as seeking quarter, with paws like hands in prayer, That is the time of peril — the time of the Truce of the Bear!
Page 2 - Restlessness such as ours, success such as ours, do not make for beauty. Other things must come first: good cookery, cottages that are homes, not playthings; gardens, repose. These are first-rate things, and out of first-rate stuff art is made. It is possible that machinery has finished us as far as this is concerned. Nobody stays at home any more; nobody makes anything beautiful any more.
Page 60 - Teach us the Strength that cannot seek, By deed or thought, to hurt the weak; That, under Thee, we may possess Man's strength to comfort man's distress.
Page 641 - The universe is his box of toys. He dabbles his fingers in the day-fall. He is gold-dusty with tumbling amidst the stars. He makes bright mischief with the moon. The meteors nuzzle their noses in his hand. He teases into growling the kennelled thunder, and laughs at the shaking of its fiery chain. He dances in and out of the gates of heaven : its floor is littered with his broken fancies. He runs wild over the fields of ether. He chases the rolling world.