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... head and eye , made a good impression , as of an able , determined man , very impa- tient of his instruments , and , though he named nobody , I thought he had Mc- Clellan in mind . When somewhat was said of England , he said “ England ...
... head and eye , made a good impression , as of an able , determined man , very impa- tient of his instruments , and , though he named nobody , I thought he had Mc- Clellan in mind . When somewhat was said of England , he said “ England ...
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... head upon her breast , and renews within him his spirit , the power to battle , the power to live . The fruitful earth holds in her bosom death and life , both together , and out of her comes health . In like manner there lie in the ...
... head upon her breast , and renews within him his spirit , the power to battle , the power to live . The fruitful earth holds in her bosom death and life , both together , and out of her comes health . In like manner there lie in the ...
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... head far out through the office window , his mind concerned with other matters . " Had n't you better get out of here for a few weeks ? " the lawyer suggested cas- ually . " Take a vacation . You seem to need a rest , bad . The papers ...
... head far out through the office window , his mind concerned with other matters . " Had n't you better get out of here for a few weeks ? " the lawyer suggested cas- ually . " Take a vacation . You seem to need a rest , bad . The papers ...
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... head ; he had no curi- osity to know what the newspapers were saying . " They're making an awful kick ! It's mostly politics , of course . They've got the mayor on the run . He's suspended the head of the department . Bloom was a good ...
... head ; he had no curi- osity to know what the newspapers were saying . " They're making an awful kick ! It's mostly politics , of course . They've got the mayor on the run . He's suspended the head of the department . Bloom was a good ...
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... head as the other mahalas do . He is much looked to because of his knowledge of white peo- ple and their ways , and if it were not for the lines of deep sadness that fall in his face when at rest , one might forget that the woman's gear ...
... head as the other mahalas do . He is much looked to because of his knowledge of white peo- ple and their ways , and if it were not for the lines of deep sadness that fall in his face when at rest , one might forget that the woman's gear ...
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Page 662 - It may be pertinacity," said he, at length ; " but to my eye these grey hills and all this wild border country have beauties peculiar to themselves. I like the very nakedness of the land ; it has something bold, and stern, and solitary about it. When I have been for some time in the rich scenery about Edinburgh, which is like ornamented garden land, I begin to wish myself back again among my own honest grey hills ; and if I did not see the heather at least once a year, I think I should die!
Page 382 - ... together, and walked together that evening on the hills above, where the fireflies among the scented thickets shone fitfully in the still undarkened air. How they shone ! moving like fine-broken starlight through the purple leaves. How they shone ! through the sunset that faded into thunderous night as I entered Siena three days before, the white edges of the mountainous clouds still lighted from the west, and the openly golden sky calm behind the Gate of Siena's heart with its still golden words,...