 The Old West had been settled by dreamers, great-hearted adventurers who were unpractical to the point of magnificence ; a courteous brotherhood, strong in attack but weak in defence, who could conquer but could not hold. Now all the vast territory they...  Century Monthly Magazine - 82 psl.redagavo - 1923Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | Henry Steele Commager - 1950 - 504 psl.
...strong in attack but weak in defense, who could conquer but could not hold. Now all the vast territory they had won was to be at the mercy of men like Ivy...easy life of the great land-holders. The space, the colour, the princely carelessness of the pioneer they would destroy and cut up into profitable bits,... | |
 | Dorothy Van Ghent - 1964 - 48 psl.
...defence, who could conquer but could not hold. Now all the vast territory they had won was to be at die mercy of men like Ivy Peters, who had never dared...easy life of the great land-holders. The space, the colour, the princely carelessness of the pioneer they would destroy and cut up into profitable bits,... | |
 | Maureen Howard - 1977 - 390 psl.
...strong in attack but weak in defence, who could conquer but could not hold. Now all the vast territory they had won was to be at the mercy of men like Ivy...easy life of the great land-holders. The space, the colour, the princely carelessness of the pioneer they would destroy and cut up into profitable bits,... | |
 | Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan Gubar - 1991 - 482 psl.
...with a knife (24). That the "Old West . . . settled by dreamers, great-hearted adventurers," is now "at the mercy of men like Ivy Peters, who had never dared anything, never risked anything" (106), explains the desperation of a lady as lost as the "wild and desperate" creature that blindly... | |
 | James Woodress - 1989 - 654 psl.
...strong in attack but weak in defence, who could conquer but could not hold. Now all the vast territory they had won was to be at the mercy of men like Ivy...had never dared anything, never risked anything." These scavengers who came after the pioneers would drink up the mirage, dispel the morning freshness,... | |
 | Carol Wershoven - 1993 - 324 psl.
...magnificence...strong in attack but weak in defence, who could conquer but could not hold. Now all the vast territory they had won was to be at the mercy of men like Ivy...who had never dared anything, never risked anything. (106) Such men devour the land, "as the match factory splinters the primeval forest" (106). The dismal... | |
 | David L. Minter - 1994 - 300 psl.
...Indians some way, for next to nothing," and then develop it for profit: Now all this vast territory . . . was to be at the mercy of men like Ivy Peters, who...out the great brooding spirit of freedom. . . . The space, the colour, the princely carelessness of the pioneer they would destroy and cut up into profitable... | |
 | David M. Wrobel, Michael C. Steiner - 1997 - 412 psl.
...strong in attack but weak in defense, who could conquer but could not hold. Now all the vast territory they had won was to be at the mercy of men like Ivy Peters, who had never dared anything. They would drink up the mirage, dispell the morning freshness, root out the great brooding spirit of... | |
 | Thomas S. Edwards, Elizabeth A. De Wolfe - 2001 - 324 psl.
...change, Cather uses language that connotes demise of the natural world, as well: [Men like Ivy Peters] would drink up the mirage, dispel the morning freshness,...out the great brooding spirit of freedom . . . The space, the colour, the princely carelessness of the pioneer they would destroy and cut up into profitable... | |
 | Morris Dickstein - 2005 - 316 psl.
...strong in attack but weak in defence, who could conquer but could not hold. Now all the vast territory they had won was to be at the mercy of men like Ivy...easy life of the great land-holders. The space, the colour, the princely carelessness of the pioneer they would destroy and cut up into profitable bits,... | |
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