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...although the story is a very powerful, - well, tremendously powerful - one, it is rather too highly spiced for the average reader. The writer of "Alexis" has recently been censured for his penchant for slaughter; but it is to Mr. Bruce's lust for gore and rapine as the gentle zephyr is to the hurricane...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The February "Monthly." | 2/17/1887 | See Source »

Professor Henry A. Beers, of Yale, the author of the recent parody on "Mr. Isaacs" in Life, has written a short college story, entitled "Split Zephyr," which is characterized as "an attenuated yarn spun by the fates." It will appear in the June Century...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 5/15/1883 | See Source »

...lips, the cardinals zephyr-shook...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LOVER'S FRIEND. | 2/20/1880 | See Source »

...baiser doux comme un zephyr...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MORALE FLEURIE. | 3/21/1879 | See Source »

...hirondelle suit le zephyr...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FROM THE FRENCH. | 12/19/1878 | See Source »

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