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Days Off and Other Digressions Classic Reprint
Author | : Henry Van Dyke |
Publsiher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2017-12-18 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 0484023284 |
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Excerpt from Days Off and Other Digressions A day off said my Uncle Peter, settling down in his chair before the open wood-fire, with that air of complacent obstinacy which spreads over him when he is about to confess and expound his philosophy of life a day off is a day that a man takes to himself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Days Off and Other Digressions
Author | : Henry Van Dyke |
Publsiher | : Tredition Classics |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2012-03 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 3847239783 |
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Days Off
Author | : Henry Van Dyke |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2020-04-14 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9798636751397 |
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"A DAY OFF" said my Uncle Peter, settling down in his chair before the open wood-fire, with that air of complacent obstinacy which spreads over him when he is about to confess and expound his philosophy of life, -"a day off is a day that a man takes to himself." "You mean a day of luxurious solitude," I said, "a stolen sweet of time, which he carries away into some hidden corner to enjoy alone, -a little-Jack-Horner kind of a day?" "Not at all," said my Uncle Peter; "solitude is a thing which a man hardly ever enjoys by himself. He may practise it from a sense of duty. Or he may take refuge in it from other things that are less tolerable. But nine times out of ten he will find that he can't get a really good day to himself unless he shares it with some one else; if he takes it alone, it will be a heavy day, a chain-and-ball day, -anything but a day of
Days Off
Author | : Henry Van Dyke |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2020-04-14 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9798636751403 |
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"A DAY OFF" said my Uncle Peter, settling down in his chair before the open wood-fire, with that air of complacent obstinacy which spreads over him when he is about to confess and expound his philosophy of life, -"a day off is a day that a man takes to himself." "You mean a day of luxurious solitude," I said, "a stolen sweet of time, which he carries away into some hidden corner to enjoy alone, -a little-Jack-Horner kind of a day?" "Not at all," said my Uncle Peter; "solitude is a thing which a man hardly ever enjoys by himself. He may practise it from a sense of duty. Or he may take refuge in it from other things that are less tolerable. But nine times out of ten he will find that he can't get a really good day to himself unless he shares it with some one else; if he takes it alone, it will be a heavy day, a chain-and-ball day, -anything but a day of
Days Off and Other Digressions
Author | : Henry Van Henry Van Dyke |
Publsiher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2013-10-11 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 149296283X |
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"A DAY OFF" said my Uncle Peter, settling down in his chair before the open wood-fire, with that air of complacent obstinacy which spreads over him when he is about to confess and expound his philosophy of life, -"a day off is a day that a man takes to himself." "You mean a day of luxurious solitude," I said, "a stolen sweet of time, which he carries away into some hidden corner to enjoy alone, -a little-Jack-Horner kind of a day?" "Not at all," said my Uncle Peter; "solitude is a thing which a man hardly ever enjoys by himself. He may practise it from a sense of duty. Or he may take refuge in it from other things that are less tolerable. But nine times out of ten he will find that he can't get a really good day to himself unless he shares it with some one else; if he takes it alone, it will be a heavy day, a chain-and-ball day, -anything but a day off." "Just what do you mean, then?" I asked, knowing that nothing would please him better than the chance to discover his own meaning against a little background of apparent misunderstanding and opposition.
Days Off and Other Digressions
Author | : Henry Van Dyke |
Publsiher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2014-10-16 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 1502510529 |
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"A DAY OFF" said my Uncle Peter, settling down in his chair before the open wood-fire, with that air of complacent obstinacy which spreads over him when he is about to confess and expound his philosophy of life,—"a day off is a day that a man takes to himself." "You mean a day of luxurious solitude," I said, "a stolen sweet of time, which he carries away into some hidden corner to enjoy alone,—a little-Jack-Horner kind of a day?" "Not at all," said my Uncle Peter; "solitude is a thing which a man hardly ever enjoys by himself. He may practise it from a sense of duty. Or he may take refuge in it from other things that are less tolerable. But nine times out of ten he will find that he can't get a really good day to himself unless he shares it with some one else; if he takes it alone, it will be a heavy day, a chain-and-ball day,—anything but a day off."
Digressions in Classical Historiography
Author | : Mario Baumann, Vasileios Liotsakis |
Publsiher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 437 |
Release | : 2024-04-01 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9783111321158 |
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The Rhetoric of Digressions
Author | : Peter S. Perry |
Publsiher | : Mohr Siebeck |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3161500016 |
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"... analyzes Revelation 7:1-17 and Revelation 10:1-11:13 - interruptions in the seals and trumpets - in light of digressions in ancient rhetorical theory and practice."--Page [4] of printed paper wrapper.