The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 92, Issue 8Herrick & Noyes, 1927 |
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Page 252
... present he was a senior at the high school and captain of the basket - ball team . About a year before , he had begun taking the town girls out and going to their parties . This popularity had led him to neglect the girls in Esther's ...
... present he was a senior at the high school and captain of the basket - ball team . About a year before , he had begun taking the town girls out and going to their parties . This popularity had led him to neglect the girls in Esther's ...
Page 257
... present at their parties she would make it plain that she despised him . For it was really he against whom she began to feel the greatest resentment . He could not have helped knowing how the girls talked about him . Things like that ...
... present at their parties she would make it plain that she despised him . For it was really he against whom she began to feel the greatest resentment . He could not have helped knowing how the girls talked about him . Things like that ...
Page 282
... present it . ” " I don't think you're very complimentary , Paul . I suppose I'm a self - conscious schemer who spreads her nets for men . " " Oh no , my dear . Not at all - artistry is a thing to be proud of , and when more so than when ...
... present it . ” " I don't think you're very complimentary , Paul . I suppose I'm a self - conscious schemer who spreads her nets for men . " " Oh no , my dear . Not at all - artistry is a thing to be proud of , and when more so than when ...
Page 283
... present , " Philippa said , almost flip- pantly . And she drove away , with a smile for him which he was interpreting wildly . Their knees touched ; the soft fabric of her skirt fluttered over his legs - he looked down at her slender ...
... present , " Philippa said , almost flip- pantly . And she drove away , with a smile for him which he was interpreting wildly . Their knees touched ; the soft fabric of her skirt fluttered over his legs - he looked down at her slender ...
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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?