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 61
... passed from him . We make ourselves , he thought , by struggle and rule , but a force deeper than our will , deeper than our consciousness , corrects our making . To cultivate the man of intellect is not enough , for stillness is a ...
... passed from him . We make ourselves , he thought , by struggle and rule , but a force deeper than our will , deeper than our consciousness , corrects our making . To cultivate the man of intellect is not enough , for stillness is a ...
Page 134
... passed from her . The world appeared and she with it . But she was not for him as she had been ; and would not be again . He asked : “ Did I frighten you ? " " No , but I was thinking of you when you spoke , and your voice seemed to ...
... passed from her . The world appeared and she with it . But she was not for him as she had been ; and would not be again . He asked : “ Did I frighten you ? " " No , but I was thinking of you when you spoke , and your voice seemed to ...
Page 180
... passed through the beflagged entrance , and on the steps leading down to the courts he added : " I like it , brick- dust and scarlet benches and all , at this time of day . Just when the light's changing but hasn't begun to fail ...
... passed through the beflagged entrance , and on the steps leading down to the courts he added : " I like it , brick- dust and scarlet benches and all , at this time of day . Just when the light's changing but hasn't begun to fail ...
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