The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 92, Issue 8Herrick & Noyes, 1927 |
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Page 261
... guess I'll walk along with you , " and Esther assented as thought nothing could have been more natural . Mrs. Martin went to the door with them , holding a lamp above her head to light them across the yard . " We really don't need it ...
... guess I'll walk along with you , " and Esther assented as thought nothing could have been more natural . Mrs. Martin went to the door with them , holding a lamp above her head to light them across the yard . " We really don't need it ...
Page 270
... guess I'm not much of a ladies ' man . And I think it all goes back to this business on the Fall River boat . Things like that sort of dig into you when you're a kid , you know . You see , I was going to visit some relations of my ...
... guess I'm not much of a ladies ' man . And I think it all goes back to this business on the Fall River boat . Things like that sort of dig into you when you're a kid , you know . You see , I was going to visit some relations of my ...
Page 271
... guess it was — with a lot of prisons and hos- pitals on it and you could see the people sitting out in pajamas on the porches of the hospitals , little bits of pink and white paper like . You ought to take the trip yourself sometime ...
... guess it was — with a lot of prisons and hos- pitals on it and you could see the people sitting out in pajamas on the porches of the hospitals , little bits of pink and white paper like . You ought to take the trip yourself sometime ...
Page 273
... guess trying to say would be better , something about it being a nice night . She turned towards me and the light from a stateroom lit up her face . I saw that she was smiling in a funny way , and her whole face seemed changed . For ...
... guess trying to say would be better , something about it being a nice night . She turned towards me and the light from a stateroom lit up her face . I saw that she was smiling in a funny way , and her whole face seemed changed . For ...
Page 282
... guess at and most boys appreciate only in- stinctively , as a part of the whole , if they appreciate them at all . ” " What , for instance ? " " Well , take your coiffeur - that curving in at the back of your head . It's a beautiful ...
... guess at and most boys appreciate only in- stinctively , as a part of the whole , if they appreciate them at all . ” " What , for instance ? " " Well , take your coiffeur - that curving in at the back of your head . It's a beautiful ...
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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?