The National Review, Volume 92W.H. Allen, 1928 - English literature |
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Page 390
... eyes of all the houris that ever fanned man in Paradise , and the heart of the Englishman was water . Very dark eyes like sloes , deep - set and looking from a beautifully moulded face , hidden by a flimsy black veil , play the devil ...
... eyes of all the houris that ever fanned man in Paradise , and the heart of the Englishman was water . Very dark eyes like sloes , deep - set and looking from a beautifully moulded face , hidden by a flimsy black veil , play the devil ...
Page 410
... eyes ! They bobbed up and down , each on its look - out bush ( they had their favourite observation perches ) , and chattered with anxiety and annoyance . Suddenly the hen dived into the bushes and reappeared minus her beakful of worms ...
... eyes ! They bobbed up and down , each on its look - out bush ( they had their favourite observation perches ) , and chattered with anxiety and annoyance . Suddenly the hen dived into the bushes and reappeared minus her beakful of worms ...
Page 892
... eyes out , but in the one corpse the eyes were intact , though the same could not be said of the others , but , then , carrion eaters had been recently at work . Let us leave such disgusting thoughts and turn for a moment to the ...
... eyes out , but in the one corpse the eyes were intact , though the same could not be said of the others , but , then , carrion eaters had been recently at work . Let us leave such disgusting thoughts and turn for a moment to the ...
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