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 28
... nature ? Was it limited to men of genius ? What was its significance in the lives of men and women not know- ingly of the contemplative sort ? Pressing upon him , as though it were an external force . and not the product of his own ...
... nature ? Was it limited to men of genius ? What was its significance in the lives of men and women not know- ingly of the contemplative sort ? Pressing upon him , as though it were an external force . and not the product of his own ...
Page 156
... Nature herself . Ramsdell was in the verandah before the cottage and , no sooner had his talk of ordinary things ... natural enough that she should use him , who was once her schoolmaster , as an emotional con- fessor . But while ...
... Nature herself . Ramsdell was in the verandah before the cottage and , no sooner had his talk of ordinary things ... natural enough that she should use him , who was once her schoolmaster , as an emotional con- fessor . But while ...
Page 237
... nature , these profound and vital illusions which , like the illusion of death itself , are preludes to rebirth , are necessary to them that have not the gift of holiness , for in these also there is confession without confessor and an ...
... nature , these profound and vital illusions which , like the illusion of death itself , are preludes to rebirth , are necessary to them that have not the gift of holiness , for in these also there is confession without confessor and an ...
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