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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... called him Mr. Lef- fingwell , but behind his back often spoke of him as Tom . On the particular hot morning in question , as he stood in his seersucker coat reading the unquestionably pom- pous letter of Mr. Allison announcing that his ...
... called him Mr. Lef- fingwell , but behind his back often spoke of him as Tom . On the particular hot morning in question , as he stood in his seersucker coat reading the unquestionably pom- pous letter of Mr. Allison announcing that his ...
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... called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section , grew westward . And Uncle Tom might be said to have been in the vanguard of the movement . In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been ...
... called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section , grew westward . And Uncle Tom might be said to have been in the vanguard of the movement . In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been ...
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... called the chamber beneath the eaves ) , she beheld reflected in the mirror an image like a tall , white flower that might indeed have belonged to a princess . Her hair , the colour of burnt sienna , fell evenly to her shoulders ; her ...
... called the chamber beneath the eaves ) , she beheld reflected in the mirror an image like a tall , white flower that might indeed have belonged to a princess . Her hair , the colour of burnt sienna , fell evenly to her shoulders ; her ...
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... called " Harold's Quest , " by an author who shall be nameless , had come to the house . And it was Harold who had had " a certain air of distinction . " " It isn't very kind of you to make fun of me when I pay you a compliment ...
... called " Harold's Quest , " by an author who shall be nameless , had come to the house . And it was Harold who had had " a certain air of distinction . " " It isn't very kind of you to make fun of me when I pay you a compliment ...
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... called upon to give exhibitions for the others , the sight of which filled George with contemptuous rage . Algernon danced altogether too much with Honora , -so George informed his cousin . The simple result of George's protests was to ...
... called upon to give exhibitions for the others , the sight of which filled George with contemptuous rage . Algernon danced altogether too much with Honora , -so George informed his cousin . The simple result of George's protests was to ...
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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!