Scribner's Magazine ..., Volume 18C. Scribner's sons, 1895 |
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... thing , until a dark , swarthy , sun- burned figure , that has caught your eye from the freedom of his movement , glides out ahead of the rest , every bit Tennis Courts . of him running , not a false motion anywhere , and you feel that ...
... thing , until a dark , swarthy , sun- burned figure , that has caught your eye from the freedom of his movement , glides out ahead of the rest , every bit Tennis Courts . of him running , not a false motion anywhere , and you feel that ...
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... things about Travers Island and the life there . The best thing about it is the opportunity that it offers for exercise : a track to run on , a turf to play ball on , courts to play When one recalls the " bone - shakers " of that period ...
... things about Travers Island and the life there . The best thing about it is the opportunity that it offers for exercise : a track to run on , a turf to play ball on , courts to play When one recalls the " bone - shakers " of that period ...
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... thing to see the sporty sway to his legs as he fol- lows the fights around the ring , and sees that they punch each ... things that make for physical superiority , the power of which shall never cease to be admired . SCENE V. So the ...
... thing to see the sporty sway to his legs as he fol- lows the fights around the ring , and sees that they punch each ... things that make for physical superiority , the power of which shall never cease to be admired . SCENE V. So the ...
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... things on the table shone under the lamp ; the cat lay curled , as usual , on the chair where he sat after supper to read his Christian World ; yet all things were not the same . What had changed ? Then across poor John's rifled box he ...
... things on the table shone under the lamp ; the cat lay curled , as usual , on the chair where he sat after supper to read his Christian World ; yet all things were not the same . What had changed ? Then across poor John's rifled box he ...
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... things . He seeks rest , books , fresh air , the oppor- tunity to enjoy nature - the sea , the foliage , the flowers - and yet he is harassed by things , the very things he has all win- ter , with a garnishment suit- able to hot weather ...
... things . He seeks rest , books , fresh air , the oppor- tunity to enjoy nature - the sea , the foliage , the flowers - and yet he is harassed by things , the very things he has all win- ter , with a garnishment suit- able to hot weather ...
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Page 295 - The Youth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless, endless lake, With all its fairy crowds Of islands, that together lie As quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds.
Page 497 - ... occupy, or fortify or colonize, or assume, or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
Page 734 - ... or two, and giving a prolonged closing note, as odd and unearthly as that of a steam-whistle, she came suddenly down on the carpet, and stood with her hands folded, and a most sanctimonious expression of meekness and solemnity over her face, only broken by the cunning glances which she shot askance from the corners of her eyes.
Page 476 - President of the United States, the President of the Senate pro tempore, and in case there shall be no President of the Senate, then the Speaker of the House of Representatives, for the time being shall act as President of the United States until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected.
Page 609 - ... accomplished by constantly bearing in mind that we are the trustees and agents of our fellow-citizens, holding their funds in sacred trust, to be expended for their benefit : that we should, at all times, be prepared to render an honest account...
Page 702 - O cities, grind ; I leave you a blur behind. I am lifted elate — the skies expand : Here the world's heaped gold is a pile of sand. Let them weary and work in their narrow walls: I ride with the voices of waterfalls!
Page 301 - Earth of the vitreous pour of the full moon just tinged with blue! Earth of shine and dark mottling the tide of the river! Earth of the limpid gray of clouds brighter and clearer for my sake! Far-swooping elbow'd earth— rich apple-blossom'd earth! Smile, for your lover comes.
Page 497 - The governments of the United States and Great Britain having not only desired, in entering into this convention, to accomplish a particular object, but also to establish a general principle, they hereby agree to extend their protection, by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus...