Literary Friends And Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship
The book Literary Friends And Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship was written by author Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 Here you can read free online of Literary Friends And Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Literary Friends And Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship a good or bad book?
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He was coming home one winter night, and as he crossed the garden he was startled by a white figure swaying be- fore him. But he knew that the only way was to ad- vance upon it. He pushed boldly forward, and was suddenly caught under the throat — by the clothes-line with a long night-gown on it. Perhaps it was at the end of a long night of the Dante Club that I heard him tell this story. The even- ings were sometimes mornings before the reluctant break-up came, but they were never half long eno...ugh for me. I have given no idea of the high reasoning of vital things which I must often have heard at that table, and that I have forgotten it is no proof that I did not hear it. The memory will not be ruled as to what it shall bind and what it shall loose, and I should entreat mine in vain for record of those meetings other than what I have given. Perhaps it would be well, in the interest of some popular conceptions of what the social intercourse of great wits must be, for me to in- vent some ennobling and elevating passages of conver- sation at Longfellow's; perhaps I ought to do it for 191 LlTERAKY FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCE the sake of iny own repute as a serious and adequate witness.
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