The Volta Review, Том 13

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Volta Bureau, 1912

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Стр. 38 - You are old, father William" the young man said, " And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is right ? " "In my youth," father William replied to his son, " I feared it might injure the brain; But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again.
Стр. 90 - Sail forth — steer for the deep waters only, Reckless O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me, For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go, And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.
Стр. 601 - Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
Стр. 71 - The Volta Bureau for the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge Relating to the Deaf.
Стр. 38 - You are old,' said the youth, 'one would hardly suppose That your eye was as steady as ever; Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose What made you so awfully clever?' 'I have answered three questions, and that is enough, 'Said his father; 'don't give yourself airs!
Стр. 38 - You are old," said the youth, "and your jaws are too weak For anything tougher than suet; Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak — Pray, how did you manage to do it?
Стр. 547 - I saw the moose come out of the woods. 16. Did you ever read " Puss in Boots? " 17. There was a pause in the conversation. 18. I can hardly keep pace with you. 19. When the cat is away, the mice will play. 20. Did you pose for the picture. 21. "The sheep are in the meadow, the cows are in the corn.
Стр. 34 - We are still old-fashioned enough to believe that "the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof...
Стр. 524 - Every time a Cooper person is in peril, and absolute silence is worth four dollars a minute, he is sure to step on a dry twig. There may be a hundred handier things to step on, but that wouldn't satisfy Cooper. Cooper requires him to turn out and find a dry twig; and if he can't do it, go and borrow one. In fact, the Leather Stocking Series ought to have been called the Broken Twig Series.
Стр. 38 - You are old, Father William,' the young man said, 'And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head - Do you think, at your age, it is right?' 'In my youth,' Father William replied to his son, 'I feared it might injure the brain; But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again.

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