The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 92, Issue 8Herrick & Noyes, 1927 |
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Page 252
... never tired of ridiculing Horace Brinsmade , the director of the Presbyterian Sunday School , and one of the girls , who was a good imitator , used to mimic his compressed lips and over - earnest manner of talking . And they were ...
... never tired of ridiculing Horace Brinsmade , the director of the Presbyterian Sunday School , and one of the girls , who was a good imitator , used to mimic his compressed lips and over - earnest manner of talking . And they were ...
Page 253
... never saw such a gloomy party . Let's have a game of cards . " His effect upon the little group was magical ; its unity seemed entirely broken up . Before , every one had been occupied with himself or with his partner ; now the girls ...
... never saw such a gloomy party . Let's have a game of cards . " His effect upon the little group was magical ; its unity seemed entirely broken up . Before , every one had been occupied with himself or with his partner ; now the girls ...
Page 254
... never saw anything so wonderful in my life . Come on now , show us how you did it . " When Charlie entered , Esther had been in the dining room helping Mrs. Brady serve up the ice cream . She saw everything through the door , felt the ...
... never saw anything so wonderful in my life . Come on now , show us how you did it . " When Charlie entered , Esther had been in the dining room helping Mrs. Brady serve up the ice cream . She saw everything through the door , felt the ...
Page 255
... never do it again , " she mut- tered . " But I couldn't resist it that once . I was so curious . " Esther's head , which she had raised in her excitement , fell back on the pillow . A feeling of disgust went through her and she longed ...
... never do it again , " she mut- tered . " But I couldn't resist it that once . I was so curious . " Esther's head , which she had raised in her excitement , fell back on the pillow . A feeling of disgust went through her and she longed ...
Page 256
... never come so close to her before . These three girls had acquired a strangeness in her eyes , like that of an ex- plorer who has been in remote places and seen unusual sights . And although she continued to go about with them as much ...
... never come so close to her before . These three girls had acquired a strangeness in her eyes , like that of an ex- plorer who has been in remote places and seen unusual sights . And although she continued to go about with them as much ...
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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?