A Modern ChronicleMacmillan, 1910 - 493 էջ This, Mr. Churchill's first great presentation of the Eternal Feminine, is throughout a profound study of a fascinating young American woman. It is frankly a modern love story. |
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... HOLT . BOOK II IX . IN WHICH THE VICOMTE CONTINUES HIS STUDIES X. IN WHICH HONORA WIDENS HER HORIZON XI . 107 • • 124 140 · 147 I. SO LONG AS YE BOTH SHALL LIVE ! • II . " STAFFORD PARK " . III . THE GREAT UNATTACHED IV . THE NEW ...
... HOLT . BOOK II IX . IN WHICH THE VICOMTE CONTINUES HIS STUDIES X. IN WHICH HONORA WIDENS HER HORIZON XI . 107 • • 124 140 · 147 I. SO LONG AS YE BOTH SHALL LIVE ! • II . " STAFFORD PARK " . III . THE GREAT UNATTACHED IV . THE NEW ...
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... Holt was smaller than his wife , neat in dress and unobtrusive in appearance . In the rich Mrs. Holt , the friend of the Randolph Leffing- wells , Aunt Mary was prepared to find a more vapidly fashionable personage , and had schooled ...
... Holt was smaller than his wife , neat in dress and unobtrusive in appearance . In the rich Mrs. Holt , the friend of the Randolph Leffing- wells , Aunt Mary was prepared to find a more vapidly fashionable personage , and had schooled ...
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... Holt and I were only too glad to do what we could . " " We feel very grateful to you , " said Aunt Mary , quietly . Mrs. Holt looked at her with a still more distinct approval , being tolerably sure that Mrs. Thomas Leffing- well ...
... Holt and I were only too glad to do what we could . " " We feel very grateful to you , " said Aunt Mary , quietly . Mrs. Holt looked at her with a still more distinct approval , being tolerably sure that Mrs. Thomas Leffing- well ...
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... Holt . Susan was not beautiful , but she was good . Her nose turned up , her hair Honora described as a negative colour , and she wore it in defiance of all prevailing modes . If you looked very hard at Susan ( which few people ever did ) ...
... Holt . Susan was not beautiful , but she was good . Her nose turned up , her hair Honora described as a negative colour , and she wore it in defiance of all prevailing modes . If you looked very hard at Susan ( which few people ever did ) ...
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... Holt had brought Honora to this coun- try as a baby . 66 Why , Susan , " cried Honora , " you must have been the other baby . " " But you were the beautiful one , " replied Susan , gen- erously . " I have often heard mother tell about ...
... Holt had brought Honora to this coun- try as a baby . 66 Why , Susan , " cried Honora , " you must have been the other baby . " " But you were the beautiful one , " replied Susan , gen- erously . " I have often heard mother tell about ...
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Էջ 155 - Wilt thou have this Man to thy wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou obey him, and serve him, love, honour, and keep him in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto him, so long as ye both shall live?
Էջ 58 - I made, thirty years back. My only excuse for giving them is that they are so singularly prophetic. The reminding tune (an old French chime which my father used to sing) is very simple and touching; and the old French words run thus: "Orleans, Beaugency! Notre Dame de Cleryl Vendome! Vendome! Quel chagrin, quel ennui De compter toute la nuit Les heures — Les heures!