The North American Review, Volume 217University of Northern Iowa, 1923 - North American review Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... fact that it was almost impossible for me to speak to my beloved father privately . He was guarded like a prisoner by the English physicians , and although news- papermen from all over the world could look in on the sick man from the ...
... fact that it was almost impossible for me to speak to my beloved father privately . He was guarded like a prisoner by the English physicians , and although news- papermen from all over the world could look in on the sick man from the ...
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... fact that , despite the courage and energy of the splendid woman who held the fortress at the White Villa like a man , her son , a man in the full vigor of his youth , acted with the vanity and pusillanimous ambition of a woman . " A ...
... fact that , despite the courage and energy of the splendid woman who held the fortress at the White Villa like a man , her son , a man in the full vigor of his youth , acted with the vanity and pusillanimous ambition of a woman . " A ...
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... fact I am sure , that it will only be temporary , and it may be brief . The fact is that , speaking industrially , Great Britain and some other countries have had a drunken bout . A drunken man , I believe , passes through a period of ...
... fact I am sure , that it will only be temporary , and it may be brief . The fact is that , speaking industrially , Great Britain and some other countries have had a drunken bout . A drunken man , I believe , passes through a period of ...
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... fact that there is no smooth road to good times . It is a hard road that we have to tread , and it cannot be made easy by mere kindly sentiment , or even good will . There are certain economic corners that have to be turned ; and there ...
... fact that there is no smooth road to good times . It is a hard road that we have to tread , and it cannot be made easy by mere kindly sentiment , or even good will . There are certain economic corners that have to be turned ; and there ...
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... fact that the standard of many of our working people is too low . We want to raise it , and we cannot do so with soft words and with kindly thoughts . In the main , we must raise it by efficient administration and organization , and ...
... fact that the standard of many of our working people is too low . We want to raise it , and we cannot do so with soft words and with kindly thoughts . In the main , we must raise it by efficient administration and organization , and ...
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Page 76 - You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race : this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature.
Page 455 - An action against a trade union, whether of workmen or masters, or against any members or officials thereof on behalf of themselves and all other members of the trade union in respect of any tortious act alleged to have been committed by or on behalf of the trade union, shall not be entertained by any court.
Page 419 - ... The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone. Spirit, that made those heroes dare To die, and leave their children free, Bid Time and Nature gently spare The shaft we raise to them and thee.
Page 497 - O May I Join The Choir Invisible! O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence...
Page 242 - Hark, said Mr Great-heart, to what the Shepherd's Boy saith. So they hearkened, and he said, He that is down needs fear no fall, He that is low, no pride ; He that is humble, ever shall Have God to be his Guide.
Page 112 - My poems represent, on the whole, the main movement of mind of the last quarter of a century, and thus they will probably have their day as people become conscious to themselves of what that movement of mind is, and interested in the literary productions which reflect it. It might be fairly urged that I have less poetical sentiment than Tennyson, and less intellectual vigour and abundance than Browning ; yet, because I have perhaps more of a fusion of the two than either of them, and have more regularly...
Page 571 - Slanders, sir : for the satirical rogue says here that old men have grey beards, that their faces are wrinkled, their eyes purging thick amber and plum-tree gum, and that they have a plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak hams...
Page 499 - We have but faith: we cannot know, For knowledge is of things we see; And yet we trust it comes from thee, A beam in darkness: let it grow.
Page 179 - The large thing to do is the only thing we can afford to do, a voluntary withdrawal from a position everywhere questioned and misunderstood. We ought to reverse our action without raising the question whether we were right or wrong, and so once more deserve our reputation for generosity and for the redemption of every obligation without quibble or hesitation.
Page 143 - The Rose of the World Who dreamed that beauty passes like a dream? For these red lips, with all their mournful pride, Mournful that no new wonder may betide, Troy passed away in one high funeral gleam, And Usna's children died.