The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 92, Issue 8Herrick & Noyes, 1927 |
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Page 270
... wanted to look like a grown man and not a high school kid like I was . Like one of those tough taxi drivers that hang around garages all day , making cigarettes and talking loud out of the side of their mouths . I wanted to be ...
... wanted to look like a grown man and not a high school kid like I was . Like one of those tough taxi drivers that hang around garages all day , making cigarettes and talking loud out of the side of their mouths . I wanted to be ...
Page 271
... wanted to look at her , but I went past her with my nose in the air as if I didn't even see her . Then , when I was by , I began to think about her and to wonder if she had taken notice of me and whether she was unhappy and why she was ...
... wanted to look at her , but I went past her with my nose in the air as if I didn't even see her . Then , when I was by , I began to think about her and to wonder if she had taken notice of me and whether she was unhappy and why she was ...
Page 272
... wanted like hell to speak to this girl in particular because — well , I told you how she looked to me . Before I could put it off or make excuses to myself , I went inside to find her . The orchestra was playing in the main room and a ...
... wanted like hell to speak to this girl in particular because — well , I told you how she looked to me . Before I could put it off or make excuses to myself , I went inside to find her . The orchestra was playing in the main room and a ...
Page 278
... wanted his books and paintings , and his piano . But a resolution came out of the ride ; the house party could go hang . He'd be independent and superior , perhaps pass some of his time in writing a few satiric verses that had suggested ...
... wanted his books and paintings , and his piano . But a resolution came out of the ride ; the house party could go hang . He'd be independent and superior , perhaps pass some of his time in writing a few satiric verses that had suggested ...
Page 281
... wanted to have a love affair with Philippa ; some memory he could carry away with him , a bright spot of meeting in the callousness of his human contacts . Philippa was the sort of woman who made you feel uneasy until you'd kissed her ...
... wanted to have a love affair with Philippa ; some memory he could carry away with him , a bright spot of meeting in the callousness of his human contacts . Philippa was the sort of woman who made you feel uneasy until you'd kissed her ...
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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?