ISBN: 9781443293792

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1915 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI There is a period of slack water between the ebb and flow, just at the turn of the tide. So it is in men''s lives. Strong swung into the thirties through placid years. If he had not grown in grace, he flattered himself he had advanced in discretion. By no means shunning society, he avoided emphasizing attentions. And mothers of the marriageable came to regard him with slackening interest. He belonged to the class carried in mental memorandum: May marry some day. So he amused the debutante, took up golf, and joined another club. And professional life went no less smoothly. A junior partnership with Carter & Hastings was a large prize for one of his age. He might have been elated, but he was only mildly amused. It seemed rather droll that a plugger of no particular talent should so succeed in one of the arts. Sometimes he had a feeling that he would gladly exchange assured position for a creative thrill with the plain of combat ahead. But he always denied that later. He was one to whom the major passions, the great joys and the deep sorrows of life were denied. And Fortune, chancing to be in compensatory mood, gave him comfort in exchange. He saw his logical apogee,--plump, well-groomed, stratified in intellect, and a little short of breath, in the club window at four on sunny afternoons. Man is astute, but masked batteries of Fate are cunningly placed. The summer Strong would have gone to Norway, if Pearsall had not suddenly deprived him of a companion by inconsiderately taking a wife, he went to Mauwusset instead. Mauwusset was known to every one and everybody visited it before he died. So Sammy White said, and Sammy was supposed to know what everybody did. If not the prime purpose of his being, that was at least the main object of his life. He ... Sidney Williams, Books, History, A Reluctant Adam Books>History This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Houghton Mifflin Company in 1915 in 339 pages; Subjects: History / General;<

ISBN: 9781443293792

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1915 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI There is a period of slack water between the ebb and flow, just at the turn of the tide. So it is in men''s lives. Strong swung into the thirties through placid years. If he had not grown in grace, he flattered himself he had advanced in discretion. By no means shunning society, he avoided emphasizing attentions. And mothers of the marriageable came to regard him with slackening interest. He belonged to the class carried in mental memorandum: May marry some day. So he amused the debutante, took up golf, and joined another club. And professional life went no less smoothly. A junior partnership with Carter & Hastings was a large prize for one of his age. He might have been elated, but he was only mildly amused. It seemed rather droll that a plugger of no particular talent should so succeed in one of the arts. Sometimes he had a feeling that he would gladly exchange assured position for a creative thrill with the plain of combat ahead. But he always denied that later. He was one to whom the major passions, the great joys and the deep sorrows of life were denied. And Fortune, chancing to be in compensatory mood, gave him comfort in exchange. He saw his logical apogee,--plump, well-groomed, stratified in intellect, and a little short of breath, in the club window at four on sunny afternoons. Man is astute, but masked batteries of Fate are cunningly placed. The summer Strong would have gone to Norway, if Pearsall had not suddenly deprived him of a companion by inconsiderately taking a wife, he went to Mauwusset instead. Mauwusset was known to every one and everybody visited it before he died. So Sammy White said, and Sammy was supposed to know what everybody did. If not the prime purpose of his being, that was at least the main object of his life. He ... Sidney Williams, Books, History, A Reluctant Adam Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781443293792

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in afforda… Plus…

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Books History~~General Reluctant-Adam~~Sidney-Williams General Books LLC This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Houghton Mifflin Company in 1915 in 339 pages; Subjects: History / General;<