The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 92, Issue 8Herrick & Noyes, 1927 |
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Page 252
... boys of their acquaintance . Esther's mind was full of these pleasures . She thought them over whenever she was alone , recalling the things that had been said and done , burning with pleasure when she remembered some compliment that ...
... boys of their acquaintance . Esther's mind was full of these pleasures . She thought them over whenever she was alone , recalling the things that had been said and done , burning with pleasure when she remembered some compliment that ...
Page 253
... boys sat still or stood about at the sides of the room , silent and indignant . The table had been quickly cleared and a pack of cards produced from the cabinet . Charlie stood beside the table doing tricks with the cards . He laid them ...
... boys sat still or stood about at the sides of the room , silent and indignant . The table had been quickly cleared and a pack of cards produced from the cabinet . Charlie stood beside the table doing tricks with the cards . He laid them ...
Page 254
... boys , she ate her ice cream in silence . Esther had promised to spend the night there with Helen Brady , and she looked forward to it now , thinking that she would take this opportunity to reproach her friend for her insincerity . When ...
... boys , she ate her ice cream in silence . Esther had promised to spend the night there with Helen Brady , and she looked forward to it now , thinking that she would take this opportunity to reproach her friend for her insincerity . When ...
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... boys now , confiding their preferences and the reasons for them . A breath of wind blew into the room , passing over their faces , and Esther realized that she was very hot and excited . This troubled her a little but she was soon swept ...
... boys now , confiding their preferences and the reasons for them . A breath of wind blew into the room , passing over their faces , and Esther realized that she was very hot and excited . This troubled her a little but she was soon swept ...
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... boy , I wouldn't have been so simple , but the city never hit me that way . The old woman was always after me about things like not counting my change and not standing up for myself , and the wife is the same way now . I suppose they're ...
... boy , I wouldn't have been so simple , but the city never hit me that way . The old woman was always after me about things like not counting my change and not standing up for myself , and the wife is the same way now . I suppose they're ...
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Page 268 - The story is beautifully designed, and it moves with the inevitability of a fugue. It is packed with observation, all fresh, all shrewd, all sound. There is gargantuan humor in it, and there is also something not far from moving drama. It is American from the first low cackle of the prologue to the last gigantic obscenity — as American as goose-stepping or the mean admiration of mean things.
Page 274 - The saint at every window Was a sentinel in arms. They might have checked the water Which can seep through any stone, Or held at bay the mildew Which will permeate the bone.
Page 254 - She was shocked and her hands trembled so that she could hardly manage the plates. "How could they act this way?