Refine Search

Newspaper

Sphere, The

Countries

Place

London, London, England

Access Type

21

Type

21

Public Tags

More details

The Sphere

TYPES OF MODERN SOCIETY: A Series of Satirical Portraits of London Types.; V.--The Ever Hopeful Spinster

... a pauper, his real heart was revealing itself. She was too flooded with emotion to speak. Besides, she recollected how absurdly her voice cracked when she tried to speak in moments so emotional as these. I will go away now, he said, and will call again ...

Published: Saturday 20 December 1924
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1305 | Page: 28 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

UNDER THE CHERRY TREE: II.--An Evening Out--the Further Adventures of Mr. Wantage Amongst the Lotus Eaters

... Miss Thursleigh Speaking. I've been trying to get you for ages, I said. They said there was no reply. That is not very surprising, answered Alys Thursleigh, considering I have only this minute come in from the theatre. Who is speaking But where's Mrs ...

Published: Saturday 21 March 1925
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1209 | Page: 20 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

THE WIDE-AWAKE ROOM: A Children's Story for Christmas Day

... Darling Dick, couldn't we have one little game before we come back? Do let us! It was the saucy little voice of MISCHIEF speaking. Oh, dear, can't we just stay as we are for a while? murmured TIMID. I'm ever so comfy. Frightened cat, whispered C ...

Published: Monday 25 November 1929
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2056 | Page: 77 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

THE AMENITIES OF LONDON: No II.--Two Stalls for To-night--The Second of a New Series Dealing with London Life ..

... to-night. Two stalls. There was a sudden clamour from the telephone beside him. Hullo Hui, lo Y es. Up-to-Date Theatre speaking. Who Oh, yes. Well, but you know what the Guv'nor is. I say, you know what the what? Oh, well, send the boy round. And I ...

Published: Saturday 20 June 1925
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1399 | Page: 16 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

A GROUP OF QUEER TRADES: No. 1--Art for Art's Sake, or the Sand Sculptor of the Bournemouth Beach

... my livin' at it. I recognised in him a William de Morgan, who had taken to his art late in life. I could see he liked my speaking of it as an art. I take a pride in what I do, he told me. When I first did the lion lyin' down there was a gentleman come ...

Published: Saturday 11 April 1925
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1484 | Page: 18 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

THE SQUINTING GOD

... two. And the king's son answered andsaid, She that is most beautiful. And Ephra saith, Abiha. And the king's son saith, speaking very low, Is her name Abiha Then Ephra turned to his servant and saith, Go, fetch Abiha, for the king's son awaiteth her ...

Published: Saturday 09 April 1921
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 687 | Page: 14 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

THE STAGS KNOW IT

... there, wringing her hands. Then, we notice that her clothes are wet. Our tongue cleaves to the roof of our mouth, and we can't speak but, we observe her accurately. Her clothes are wet her long hair is dabbled with moist mud she is dressed in the fashion of ...

Published: Monday 24 November 1924
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 798 | Page: 68 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

MALOCCHIO: The Power of the Evil Eye

... on the way to Florence to get a sandwich, and by ill-luck there he was. I did all I could to avoid him, but he managed to speak to me. I knew then some thing would happen. What folly 1 Caro, I knew. And I was right. No sooner had the train got into ...

Published: Saturday 25 November 1922
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 859 | Page: 18 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

GEORGE GETS ON

... of it and it was he who taught George. Whe t saw that the boy was painfully and stumblingly try to imitate his own way of speaking, he began to tef him English, too. He was very good to George th chaplain, but somehow George liked the cook lion al He asked ...

Published: Monday 22 November 1926
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4863 | Page: 70 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

BREAKING the NEWS

... That's what we meant by domesticated in my day. While as for mere education, I could write poetry, sing glees in German, and speak French like a native, before I was seventeen. Yes, I said, and stubbornly repeated, Yes; those are certainly some of the ...

Published: Saturday 19 March 1921
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 888 | Page: 12 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

THE FORESTER'S HOUSE

... naturally enough the letter from the golden girl to whom he was engaged, and had received the news double-barrelled, so to speak, so that his heart was horribly riven. You will believe me, I know thus had she written when I say how very, how terribly ...

Published: Monday 26 November 1928
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3843 | Page: 52 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

TIME!

... think, a friend of yours outside I have been watching him through a crack of the door, and he seems to be waiting. Go and speak to him and then return. reuay went, racner aumousiy, to the door. Peter Basset was standing on the pavement. He had lately ...

Published: Monday 25 November 1929
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2572 | Page: 95 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative