Harper's Magazine, Volume 142Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman, Frederick Lewis Allen Harper & Brothers, 1920 - American literature |
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Page 10
... stood upon the steps for a moment , looking to the right and left . As he did not seem to know where he wanted to go , I felt at once that he must be an aristocrat . He was about fifty , well groomed , with rather delicate features ...
... stood upon the steps for a moment , looking to the right and left . As he did not seem to know where he wanted to go , I felt at once that he must be an aristocrat . He was about fifty , well groomed , with rather delicate features ...
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... stood his reluctant love for changing America . I was able to imagine the life of these surviving Anglo - Americans , whose visiting list spreads only a mile , excepting cousins at Lexington ; who still drink tea ; who say " Bosston ...
... stood his reluctant love for changing America . I was able to imagine the life of these surviving Anglo - Americans , whose visiting list spreads only a mile , excepting cousins at Lexington ; who still drink tea ; who say " Bosston ...
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... stood on the side- walk , debating . walk , debating . It was an enticing sum- mer night , heavy down here with dust and hot city smells , but to be found vast and dewy , a few miles cut of the city . Particularly did the prospect of a ...
... stood on the side- walk , debating . walk , debating . It was an enticing sum- mer night , heavy down here with dust and hot city smells , but to be found vast and dewy , a few miles cut of the city . Particularly did the prospect of a ...
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... stood almost no English and had little idea what it was all about , but smashing faces was good sport on any pretext . Even with himself they would only be three to scores . He dashed out after the police . platform . One husky fellow ...
... stood almost no English and had little idea what it was all about , but smashing faces was good sport on any pretext . Even with himself they would only be three to scores . He dashed out after the police . platform . One husky fellow ...
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... stood six or seven large groups of min- gled German and English . And , al- though it must be said that the frater- nization was of the most genuine char- acter , considerable suspicion prevailed on the part of the English and no pre ...
... stood six or seven large groups of min- gled German and English . And , al- though it must be said that the frater- nization was of the most genuine char- acter , considerable suspicion prevailed on the part of the English and no pre ...
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