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... better ; he under- stands other countries , but does not adopt them ; for his last heroine , the " Dove , " is the soul of New England , his own country . On the threshold of that earlier time , Mr. Henry James hung out several clues to ...
... better ; he under- stands other countries , but does not adopt them ; for his last heroine , the " Dove , " is the soul of New England , his own country . On the threshold of that earlier time , Mr. Henry James hung out several clues to ...
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... better as a short story ; for the endless folds and doublings of analysis in some of the longer books demand a specially - trained attention , like a scientific pursuit , and fatigue it like a race in a labyrinth . Mr. James , we fear ...
... better as a short story ; for the endless folds and doublings of analysis in some of the longer books demand a specially - trained attention , like a scientific pursuit , and fatigue it like a race in a labyrinth . Mr. James , we fear ...
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... Better Sort . " ) Again , in " The Sacred Fount " ( 1901 ) , so full of faint , mazy figures that the superscription might have been " Come like shadows , so depart ! " a single scene is left surely on the mind - a sum- mer garden at ...
... Better Sort . " ) Again , in " The Sacred Fount " ( 1901 ) , so full of faint , mazy figures that the superscription might have been " Come like shadows , so depart ! " a single scene is left surely on the mind - a sum- mer garden at ...
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... better than this " ( p . 183 ) . This is but one of many passages that show how Mr. James has shared in the special impulse towards beauty which distinguishes the new genera- tion . Such an American as Milly Theale becomes , by her rich ...
... better than this " ( p . 183 ) . This is but one of many passages that show how Mr. James has shared in the special impulse towards beauty which distinguishes the new genera- tion . Such an American as Milly Theale becomes , by her rich ...
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... better . " " What has he done now ? " demanded Bounaud , closing his violin - case with a bang . • Translated for The Living Age . He began to pace restlessly up and down the room ; then turning upon his daughter with all the roughness ...
... better . " " What has he done now ? " demanded Bounaud , closing his violin - case with a bang . • Translated for The Living Age . He began to pace restlessly up and down the room ; then turning upon his daughter with all the roughness ...
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Page 161 - I ran it through, even from my boyish days To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Page 362 - And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
Page 325 - Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last — far off — at last, to all, And every winter change to spring.
Page 362 - And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man: yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
Page 184 - Therefore I summon age To grant youth's heritage, Life's struggle having so far reached its term: Thence shall I pass, approved A man, for aye removed From the developed brute; a God though in the germ.
Page 687 - Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee? Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?
Page 427 - Rose, like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want...
Page 360 - Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Page 315 - He is a man speaking to men — a man, it is true, endowed with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, who has a greater knowledge of human nature, and a more comprehensive soul, than are supposed to be common among mankind...
Page 692 - For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward ; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished ; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.