Days Off, and Other Digressions (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781517524852)

"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?

Author: Henry Van Dyke
ISBN-10: 1517524857
ISBN-13: 9781517524852
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 09/25/2015
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.31lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.20d