The Overland Monthly |
Iz vsebine knjige
Zadetki 1–5 od 78
Stran 19
He became so infatuated with books and so fond of reading that he would clandestinely take a book to the field , and the corn plowing suffered ne glect while he sat in a fence corner improving his mind . Father was too good a farmer to ...
He became so infatuated with books and so fond of reading that he would clandestinely take a book to the field , and the corn plowing suffered ne glect while he sat in a fence corner improving his mind . Father was too good a farmer to ...
Stran 22
Sitting idly at the window , my mind peopled the street below me with those that had once frequented it . I imagined Dolet - gifted undoubtedly beyond his needs , exerting his powers at the cabaret de la Pomme de - Pin .
Sitting idly at the window , my mind peopled the street below me with those that had once frequented it . I imagined Dolet - gifted undoubtedly beyond his needs , exerting his powers at the cabaret de la Pomme de - Pin .
Stran 25
I believe this , Arnold , that by the body we may sometimes be spiritualized , and by the mind we may often be brutal . ized - if it is self whom we seek . " I left him then and returned to the Rue Monge , but only to get my things .
I believe this , Arnold , that by the body we may sometimes be spiritualized , and by the mind we may often be brutal . ized - if it is self whom we seek . " I left him then and returned to the Rue Monge , but only to get my things .
Stran 31
But as he passed the door all thoughts of commercialism passed from his mind , for the first object upon which his eyes alighted was a set of new car wheels standing innocently and innocuously on the barn floor .
But as he passed the door all thoughts of commercialism passed from his mind , for the first object upon which his eyes alighted was a set of new car wheels standing innocently and innocuously on the barn floor .
Stran 46
Never mind , Grover . I , for one , am glad to get rid of him and I am not in the least surprised at his manner of leaving considering the way he acted while he was with us and I hope I will never be unlucky enough to see him ...
Never mind , Grover . I , for one , am glad to get rid of him and I am not in the least surprised at his manner of leaving considering the way he acted while he was with us and I hope I will never be unlucky enough to see him ...
Mnenja - Napišite recenzijo
Na običajnih mestih nismo našli nobenih recenzij.
Druge izdaje - Prikaži vse
Pogosti izrazi in povedi
American appeared asked beautiful become better building California called close comes Company Continued course door eyes face fact father feet fire followed friends girl give hand head heard heart hold interest Japan Japanese Joaquin keep knew land leave light live look Magazine matter miles Miller mind Miss months morning mother mountain natural never night once Overland Monthly passed person poet political present Price Publishers reached rest road San Francisco Save seemed seen side soon stand story street tell thing thought tion told took trees turned United voice walk woman wonderful write young
Priljubljeni odlomki
Stran 232 - Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the Gates of Hercules ; Before him not the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said : "Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say ?" "Why, say, 'Sail on ! sail on ! and on !'" "My men grow mutinous day by day; My men grow ghastly wan and weak.
Stran 158 - Sail on ! sail on ! sail on ! and on !" Then pale and worn, he paced his deck, And peered through darkness.
Stran 158 - The stout mate thought of home; a spray Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek. "What shall I say, brave Adm'r'l, say, If we sight naught but seas at dawn?" "Why, you shall say, at break of day: 'Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!
Stran 133 - I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
Stran 113 - The bravest battle that ever was fought! Shall I tell you where and when ? On the maps of the world you will find it not : 'Twas fought by the mothers of men.
Stran 232 - BEHIND him lay the gray Azores, Behind, the Gates of Hercules ; Before him not the ghost of shores ; Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said: "Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak; what shall I say?
Stran 113 - In men whom men pronounce divine I find so much of sin and blot, I hesitate to draw a line Between the two, where God has not.
Stran 158 - This mad sea shows his teeth tonight. He curls his lip, he lies in wait. With lifted teeth, as if to bite! Brave Adm'r'l, say but one good word: What shall we do when hope is gone?" The words leapt like a leaping sword: "Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!
Stran 87 - For ever and aye in dust at his side ? " Look at the roses saluting each other ; Look at the herds all at peace on the plain. Man, and man only, makes war on his brother ; And laughs in his heart at his peril and pain : Shamed by the beasts that go down on the plain. " Is it worth while that we battle to humble Some poor fellow down into the dust...
Stran 158 - Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!" Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck — A light!