The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 181George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1974 |
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Page 177
... window where flies danced . She and Assunta could play on the bridge . " On you go then . ” She looked up . In sunlight beyond the stream , framed by alders , she saw the cottage : stone , thatch , crooked , the colour of flowers in a ...
... window where flies danced . She and Assunta could play on the bridge . " On you go then . ” She looked up . In sunlight beyond the stream , framed by alders , she saw the cottage : stone , thatch , crooked , the colour of flowers in a ...
Page 189
... window . Early sun stole between trees ' shadows which were like the fingers of a black glove laid on the sparkling grass . Be- cause it was too early for the grown - up day to begin - to begin , as she knew it , with tea and biscuits ...
... window . Early sun stole between trees ' shadows which were like the fingers of a black glove laid on the sparkling grass . Be- cause it was too early for the grown - up day to begin - to begin , as she knew it , with tea and biscuits ...
Page 196
... window . She ate her stew and cabbage . She was aware of the little shrieks which knife and fork made on her plate , aware of the gulping noise in her gullet of the water she drank , as though they were echoes within the keep of her own ...
... window . She ate her stew and cabbage . She was aware of the little shrieks which knife and fork made on her plate , aware of the gulping noise in her gullet of the water she drank , as though they were echoes within the keep of her own ...
Contents
POEMS translated by Graeme Wilson | 28 |
PRISONER by Elizabeth Jennings | 53 |
JOHN MURRAY 50 ALBEMARLE STREET LONDON W1X | 75 |
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