The FountainThe text is a novel set in Holland during the first World War. The main characters are a British officer, a Dutch aristocrat and his British stepdaughter who is married to a German officer. It was a winner of the 1932 Hawthornden Prize. |
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Page 273
... added : " I believe that - I believe that my mother knows . " In the midst of that sentence she had changed her mind . " That isn't what you were going to say , " he answered ; and she smiled at him , the disarming smile of one ...
... added : " I believe that - I believe that my mother knows . " In the midst of that sentence she had changed her mind . " That isn't what you were going to say , " he answered ; and she smiled at him , the disarming smile of one ...
Page 331
... added , " our desire so to control our lives that we are invulnerable within the world . That is , certainly , a universal desire , but you and I are conscious of it , and that's rare ; it's a link between us . Contemplation is one of ...
... added , " our desire so to control our lives that we are invulnerable within the world . That is , certainly , a universal desire , but you and I are conscious of it , and that's rare ; it's a link between us . Contemplation is one of ...
Page 336
... added : " I have not learned how to transcend it . If that too were lost , should I not , for all my lessons , be like an angry child who cannot distinguish between the unreal game that is over and the continuing reality ? ” And ...
... added : " I have not learned how to transcend it . If that too were lost , should I not , for all my lessons , be like an angry child who cannot distinguish between the unreal game that is over and the continuing reality ? ” And ...
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