... VÀ SỰ HY SINH TRONG THE GIFT OFTHE MAGI” CỦA O. HENRY VÀ THE SENSIBLE THING” CỦA F. SCOTT FITZGERALD LOVE AND SACRIFICE IN THE GIFT OFTHE MAGI” BY O. HENRY AND THE SENSIBLE THING” BY ... appeal to the readers of all times throughout the world thanks to their profound contents. The more the concepts of love and sacrifice in both works are analyzed and contrasted in depth, the more ... vinh. A SUMMARY OFTHE STUDY Despite being written a long time ago and by two writers who came from two different literary periods, The Gift ofthe Magi” by O. Henry and The Sensible Thing”...
... any man you know in the middle ofthe night, and ask him quick to tell you the number of bones in the human skeleton exclusive ofthe teeth, or what percentage ofthe vote ofthe Nebraska Legislature ... stuff. There was the population of all cities in it, and the way to tell a girl's age, and the number of teeth a camel has. It told you the longest tunnel in the world, the number ofthe ... kind of poetry, and meant no harm. May be it belonged to the class of rhymes they call figurative. They offend law and order, but they get sent through the mails on the grounds that they mean...
... severing of their matrimonial bonds to think better of their rash intentions and return to their homes reconciled. But I assure you that the work is often exceedingly difficult. The amount of argument, ... legal plummet the depth of each. If neces- sary, they may be haled into the hallway and permitted to escape by way ofthe stairs, which we may term the lee scuppers. Thus the good ship of business ... Gooch to mitigate the bore of briefs, the tedium of torts and the prosiness of processes with even so light a levy upon the good property of humour. indifference, upon the fetters with which...
... severelydisrupted by the siege of Dol in 1173. Some oftheof cials of the archbishop of Dol and the lord of Combour joined the rebels, alongwith many ofthe tenants.38 The archbishop of Dol and John ... the third quarter ofthe twelfth century sowed the seeds for the develop-ment ofthe baillies.63It was Henry II who created theof ce of a ducalseneschal, in each ofthe counties of Nantes, Rennes ... domains. Henry IIleft the internal government of these two major baronies to theirtrustworthy lords: the loyal comes Henry and, in Lamballe, the descen-dants of Geoffrey Boterel II.In each of the...
... The Queen of Lyonesse is Tristram’smother. She dies after she has her babyin the woods.b Sir Marhaus is the son oftheKing of Ireland. Tristram kills him in a fight.c lsolt is theKingof ... take the Grail into the city,’ said Sir Galahad. So they took the Grail and left the ship. There was no king in that country, because the dead king had no son. The great men sat in the castle ... hard over the water. An arm came up out ofthe water and caught the sword. Then the arm took it down into the lake. Sir Bedivere went back and told theKing about the arm. ‘Now,’ said King Arthur,...
... town over which the breezes from the Gulf of Mexico perpetually blow. Ben helped to hurl the Don from his stronghold in the Greater Antilles; and then, hiking across half the world, he marched ... that they was going to give us the biggest blow-out, complimentary, alimentary, and elementary, that ever disturbed the kildees on the sand-flats outside ofthe immediate contiguity ofthe city. ... 'gallant son.' The News had an editorial tearfully begging the Government to call off the regular army and the national guard, and let Willie carry on the rest ofthe war single- handed....
... Bill's ears, as the fancied crackle of a There was a burning behind the big rock at the entrance ofthe cave, and the boy was watching a pot of boiling coffee, with two buzzard tailfeathers stuck ... on the road to Poplar Cove, there are three large trees about a hundred yards apart, close to the fence ofthe wheat field on the right-hand side. At the bottom ofthe fence-post, opposite the ... to the mouth ofthe cave to rubber for the scouts ofthe hated paleface. Now and then he would let out a war-whoop that made Old Hank the Trapper shiver. That boy had Bill terrorized from the...
... she sat, near the close of a long life, and epitomised the experience ofthe world. Still the man to whom she spoke gazed above her head, contemplating the silent son ofthe old mother. "What ... another moment they were reinforced by the marshal and his other men, and then Calliope felt that in order to successfully prolong the delights ofthe controversy he must find some means of ... on the breast of his blue flannel shirt, gave his posse directions for the onslaught upon Calliope. The plan was to accomplish the downfall ofthe Quicksand Terror without loss to the attacking...
... comments upon the South and the Southern people. They, sir, will not be tolerated in the office ofThe Rose of Charleston, South Carolina, and Bill Thompson, nephew of one ofthe stockholders. ... a certain amount of poetry. Many ofthe sweetest singers ofthe South have already contributed to the pages ofThe Rose of Dixie. I, myself, have thought of translating from the original for ... permeate the entire world, hurling back into the teeth ofthe Northern minions their belief that no genius or good could exist in the brains and hearts ofthe people whose property they had...
... SHORT STORY BY O HENRY The Whirligig Of Life JUSTICE -OF -THE- PEACE Benaja Widdup sat in the door of his office smoking his elder-stem pipe. Halfway to the zenith the Cumberland range ... to the cabin," she said, along 'ith the bull-cart. There's bread in the tin box settin' on the shelf. I put the bacon in the "Otherwise," said the Justice, looking ... protest of cheated youth unconscious of its loss. The Justice ofthe Peace slipped his feet into his shoes, for the sake of dignity, and moved to let them enter. "We-all," said the...
... o'clock the coffee was made and the frying-pan was on the back ofthe stove hot and ready to cook the chops. Jim was never late. Della doubled the fob chain in her hand and sat on the corner of ... gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication. ... to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days...
... violation ofthe Establishment Clause ofthe First Amendment. TheCourtof Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that the regulation did not violate the Establishment Clause, noting that, “[r]ather ... Ban unconstitutional as violative ofthe Free Exercise Clause ofthe First Amendment to the United States Constitution and Section 5 ofthe Bill of Rights ofthe Missouri Constitution. ... ofthe Free Exercise Clause ofthe First Amendment of the United States Constitution, which applies to Missouri through the 1 Amici submit this brief amici curiae with the consent of the...
... the source of the blood; otherwise, Bonds could not be assured of the accuracy ofthe results, which was the whole purpose of the Task entrusted by Bonds to Anderson. Without identification of ... 1982). In these cases, the scope of authority was much narrower than in the cases where the role of the declarant—i.e., the nature ofthe relationship—was tospeak for the party against whom the statement ... was offered.Yet in each case, the nature ofthe task entrusted to the declar-ant impliedly carried with it the authority to speak for the party who had authorized the task. The extent of the...