The Borzoi College ReaderCharles Muscatine, Marlene Griffith |
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Page 388
... father's end , the most sustained and brutally dissonant of codas . And it seemed to me , too , that the violence which rose all about us as my father left the world had been devised as a corrective for the pride of his eldest son . I ...
... father's end , the most sustained and brutally dissonant of codas . And it seemed to me , too , that the violence which rose all about us as my father left the world had been devised as a corrective for the pride of his eldest son . I ...
Page 397
... father's throat ; nothing was said ; he could not speak . I wanted to take his hand , to say something . But I do not know what I could have said , even if he could have heard me . He was not really in that room with us , he had at last ...
... father's throat ; nothing was said ; he could not speak . I wanted to take his hand , to say something . But I do not know what I could have said , even if he could have heard me . He was not really in that room with us , he had at last ...
Page 402
... father's . Now the whole thing came back to me , as though my father and I were on our way to Sunday school and I were memorizing the golden text : And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord , choose you this day whom you will serve ...
... father's . Now the whole thing came back to me , as though my father and I were on our way to Sunday school and I were memorizing the golden text : And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord , choose you this day whom you will serve ...
Contents
ON WRITING | 3 |
THINKING AND FEELING | 19 |
ON RIGHT AND WRONG | 135 |
Copyright | |
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