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 115
... live as nearly as they can in a state of death . ” For , to live in a state of death , Lewis thought , is to seek not a middle way , but an extreme ; it is to separate and unbalance , not to balance , the soul and the body . In this ...
... live as nearly as they can in a state of death . ” For , to live in a state of death , Lewis thought , is to seek not a middle way , but an extreme ; it is to separate and unbalance , not to balance , the soul and the body . In this ...
Page 278
... live for your convenience ? " She drew back , her eyes wide , the colour gone from her lips . And , as though she were drawing a sword , she said : " He must live for my- " and stopped . What word ? She would not speak it . Instead she ...
... live for your convenience ? " She drew back , her eyes wide , the colour gone from her lips . And , as though she were drawing a sword , she said : " He must live for my- " and stopped . What word ? She would not speak it . Instead she ...
Page 293
... live - wanting to get out of the pain . But here , Rupert says , he will live . " She repeated it as though she had been contradicted : " He says - here he will live . " " Is it on Friday he comes ? " her mother asked . Julie counted ...
... live - wanting to get out of the pain . But here , Rupert says , he will live . " She repeated it as though she had been contradicted : " He says - here he will live . " " Is it on Friday he comes ? " her mother asked . Julie counted ...
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