 She had been educated at home, and her knowledge of the world was derived from inference and by inspiration. Of such is the precious, small group of essayists made. While she talked to me I kept brushing my fingers, trying, unconsciously, to rid them...  O. Henry Biography - Pagina 75di Charles Alphonso Smith - 1916 - 258 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | O. Henry - 1922 - 298 pagine
...brushing my fingers, trying, unconsciously, to rid them guiltily of the a sent dust from the half -calf backs of Lamb, Chaucer, Hazlitt, / Marcus Aurelius,...too much — oh, so much too much — of real life. I could perceive clearly that Azalea Adair was very poor. A house and a dress she had, not much else,... | |
 | Frances Melville Perry - 1926 - 270 pagine
...derived from inference and by inspiration. Of such is the precious small group of essayists made. . . . Nearly everybody nowadays knows too much — oh, so much too much of real life ! " This comment a little suggests HG Wells' "the pure novelist and pure critic who know nothing and... | |
 | 1927 - 504 pagine
...they were not there. Azalea Adair and I had conversation, a little of which will be repeated to you. She was a product of the old South, gently nurtured...too much — oh, so much too much — of real life. I could perceive clearly that Azalea Adair was very poor. A house and a dress she had, not much else,... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - 1927 - 398 pagine
...brushing my fingers, trying, unconsciously, to rid them guiltily of the absent dust from the half -calf backs of Lamb, Chaucer, Hazlitt, Marcus Aurelius,...too much — oh, so much too much — of real life. I could perceive clearly that Azalea Adair was very poor. A house and a dress she had, not much else,... | |
 | O. Henry - 1993 - 548 pagine
...they were not there. Azalea Adair and I had conversation, a little of which will be repeated to you. She was a product of the old South, gently nurtured...valuable discovery. Nearly everybody nowadays knows too much—oh, so much too much—of real life. I could perceive clearly that Azalea Adair was very poor.... | |
 | O. Henry - 2002 - 204 pagine
...they were not there. Azalea Adair and I had conversation, a little of which will be repeated to you. She was a product of the old South, gently nurtured...too much — oh, so much too much — of real life. I could perceive clearly that Azalea Adair was very poor. A house and a dress she had, not much else,... | |
 | 1909 - 1038 pagine
...they were t not there. Azalea Adair and I had conversation, a little of which will be repeated to you. She was a product of the old South, gently nurtured...too much — oh, so much too much — of real life. I could perceive clearly that Azalea Adair was very poor. A house and a dress she had, not much else,... | |
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