"Stray Steps"Glens Falls Publishing Company, 1920 - 200 pages |
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Page 22
... turn in amateur theatricals and debated fluently and convinc- ingly . In short , he was what might properly be styled a utility man , and as such in what ever emergency arose he had proved dependable and capable . Of all the themes ...
... turn in amateur theatricals and debated fluently and convinc- ingly . In short , he was what might properly be styled a utility man , and as such in what ever emergency arose he had proved dependable and capable . Of all the themes ...
Page 27
... turn up , until they have idled away the golden opportunity , and something of no particular importance to any one ex- cept themselves does turn up their toes . The concensus of opinion , in whatever language ex- pressed by this ...
... turn up , until they have idled away the golden opportunity , and something of no particular importance to any one ex- cept themselves does turn up their toes . The concensus of opinion , in whatever language ex- pressed by this ...
Page 45
... turn looked the other squarely in the eyes . They exchanged significant glances . Both understood . It was the first test of mental fusibility , determination and intent on the part of a shrewd and experienced reader of charac- ter ...
... turn looked the other squarely in the eyes . They exchanged significant glances . Both understood . It was the first test of mental fusibility , determination and intent on the part of a shrewd and experienced reader of charac- ter ...
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... turn " on the stage as any other one of the entertainers . The thought of home and mother did not deter her from escapades in the lobster palace precinct . She just sang that topical song because there was tempera- mentality in the gay ...
... turn " on the stage as any other one of the entertainers . The thought of home and mother did not deter her from escapades in the lobster palace precinct . She just sang that topical song because there was tempera- mentality in the gay ...
Page 81
... turn in a score not far above eighty when pressed to the point of extending himself , he was a Class B player , whose handicap of eight strokes on his home course was about right . On the day of the qualifying round Ephraim drove over ...
... turn in a score not far above eighty when pressed to the point of extending himself , he was a Class B player , whose handicap of eight strokes on his home course was about right . On the day of the qualifying round Ephraim drove over ...
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Page 32 - Be kind to each other, The night's coming on, When friend and when brother Perchance may be gone.
Page 26 - If put to a pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must vilify, condemn, and eternally disparage, why, resign your position, and when you are outside, damn to your heart's content. But, I pray you, so long as you are a part of an institution, do not condemn it. Not that you will injure the institution — -not that — but when you disparage the concern of which you are a part, you disparage yourself.
Page 29 - The glory of young men is their strength : and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
Page 13 - Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of his law. The people assembled ; Mahomet called the hill to come to him again and again ; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, " If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.
Page 22 - Rabbis down. But Mary, faithful to its lightest word, Kept in her heart the sayings she had heard, Till the dread morning rent the Temple's veil, And shuddering Earth confirmed the wondrous tale. Youth fades ; love droops ; the leaves of friendship fall . A mother's secret hope outlives them all.
Page 182 - All false appearance as became a Queen. The worst of me is known, and I can say, That I am better than the fame I bear.
Page 21 - And knowledge to the studious sage, And pillow soft to head of age ; To thee dear schoolboy whom my lay Has cheated of his hour of play, Light task and merry holiday. To all, to each a fair good night And pleasing dreams and slumbers light. But were I to descant upon all the beauties of the British Poets, and give you a quotation from each illustrative of his view of the ideal character of woman, I might detain you till midnight : for...