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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Էջ 93
... Spence's son called on me ? she asked . " He is in business with a man named Dallam , I believe , and making a great deal of money for a young man . He is just a year younger than you , 99 Robert . ' " Do you mean that fat , tow ...
... Spence's son called on me ? she asked . " He is in business with a man named Dallam , I believe , and making a great deal of money for a young man . He is just a year younger than you , 99 Robert . ' " Do you mean that fat , tow ...
Էջ 98
... Spence would have been difficult to find . He was Honora's first glimpse of Finance , of the powers that travelled in private cars and despatched ships across the ocean . And in our modern mythology , he might have stood for the god of ...
... Spence would have been difficult to find . He was Honora's first glimpse of Finance , of the powers that travelled in private cars and despatched ships across the ocean . And in our modern mythology , he might have stood for the god of ...
Էջ 99
... Spence glanced around him expressively , and then looked at her with a slight smile . The action and the smile to which she could not refrain from responding- seemed to establish a tacit understanding between them . It was natural that ...
... Spence glanced around him expressively , and then looked at her with a slight smile . The action and the smile to which she could not refrain from responding- seemed to establish a tacit understanding between them . It was natural that ...
Էջ 100
... Spence paused a moment to light his cigarette , and he seemed to derive infinite pleasure from this juxtaposition . " Got left , - didn't he ? " he said . To this observation there was , obviously , no answer . " I'm not very strong on ...
... Spence paused a moment to light his cigarette , and he seemed to derive infinite pleasure from this juxtaposition . " Got left , - didn't he ? " he said . To this observation there was , obviously , no answer . " I'm not very strong on ...
Էջ 101
... Spence , delightedly , " that about describes the Vicomte . " " I'm sure you do him an injustice , " said Honora . " We'll see , " said Mr. Spence . " Mrs. Holt is always picking up queer people like that . She's noted for it . " He ...
... Spence , delightedly , " that about describes the Vicomte . " " I'm sure you do him an injustice , " said Honora . " We'll see , " said Mr. Spence . " Mrs. Holt is always picking up queer people like that . She's noted for it . " He ...
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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!