The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 128Atlantic Monthly Company, 1921 - American essays |
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Page 31
... Living in lonely places like this , you are a prey to obsessions ; you are obsessed by certain sleepless thoughts ; they stir in your heart while you sleep , and they speak without ceas- ing of steamers . It is they that drive you in ...
... Living in lonely places like this , you are a prey to obsessions ; you are obsessed by certain sleepless thoughts ; they stir in your heart while you sleep , and they speak without ceas- ing of steamers . It is they that drive you in ...
Page 32
... living and dead , they are remembered . Exiles remember and bless them - steamer , and captain , and the engineers in the vitals of the ship , and the little cabin - boys who did their little duties when the steamer was under fire . In ...
... living and dead , they are remembered . Exiles remember and bless them - steamer , and captain , and the engineers in the vitals of the ship , and the little cabin - boys who did their little duties when the steamer was under fire . In ...
Page 56
... living foliage is the chief aim in life of these ants , yet they take advantage of the flotsam and jetsam along the shore , and each low tide finds a column from some nearby nest salvaging flowerets , leaves , and even tiny berries . A ...
... living foliage is the chief aim in life of these ants , yet they take advantage of the flotsam and jetsam along the shore , and each low tide finds a column from some nearby nest salvaging flowerets , leaves , and even tiny berries . A ...
Page 58
... living burden many feet away , along an unused trail , and dropped it . I examined the small ant , and found that it had lost an an- tenna , and its body was crushed . When the ball of fighters cleared , twelve small ants were seen ...
... living burden many feet away , along an unused trail , and dropped it . I examined the small ant , and found that it had lost an an- tenna , and its body was crushed . When the ball of fighters cleared , twelve small ants were seen ...
Page 61
... living in a world of motor - cars , air - planes , and wireless . Many a boy who could not for his life name a member of Mr. Hard- ing's Cabinet , can , by the sound of the engine , ' spot ' every motor - car made in this country ...
... living in a world of motor - cars , air - planes , and wireless . Many a boy who could not for his life name a member of Mr. Hard- ing's Cabinet , can , by the sound of the engine , ' spot ' every motor - car made in this country ...
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