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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... changed some since perambulator days , just as Honora has changed some . A Peter who , instead of fourteen , is six and twenty ; a full - fledged lawyer , in the office of that most celebrated of St. Louis practitioners , Judge Stephen ...
... changed some since perambulator days , just as Honora has changed some . A Peter who , instead of fourteen , is six and twenty ; a full - fledged lawyer , in the office of that most celebrated of St. Louis practitioners , Judge Stephen ...
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... changed her , ” replied Uncle Tom , with conviction . - In the meantime Honora and Peter had mounted the electric car , and were speeding westward . They had a seat to themselves , the very first one on the " grip " — that survival of ...
... changed her , ” replied Uncle Tom , with conviction . - In the meantime Honora and Peter had mounted the electric car , and were speeding westward . They had a seat to themselves , the very first one on the " grip " — that survival of ...
Էջ 61
... changed only last week . That dinner set , somehow , was always an au- gury of festival when , on the rare occasions Aunt Mary entertained , the little dining room was transformed by it and the Leffingwell silver into a glorified and ...
... changed only last week . That dinner set , somehow , was always an au- gury of festival when , on the rare occasions Aunt Mary entertained , the little dining room was transformed by it and the Leffingwell silver into a glorified and ...
Էջ 64
... the whistling and the puffing of the trains in the cinder - covered valley to the southward , but the quality of these sounds had changed . They were music now . CHAPTER VI HONORA HAS A GLIMPSE OF THE WORLD - 64 A MODERN CHRONICLE.
... the whistling and the puffing of the trains in the cinder - covered valley to the southward , but the quality of these sounds had changed . They were music now . CHAPTER VI HONORA HAS A GLIMPSE OF THE WORLD - 64 A MODERN CHRONICLE.
Էջ 78
... changed — Honora could no longer separate her image from the vision of Silverdale . And , if the naked truth must be told , it was due to Silverdale that Susan owes the honour of her first mention in those descriptive letters from ...
... changed — Honora could no longer separate her image from the vision of Silverdale . And , if the naked truth must be told , it was due to Silverdale that Susan owes the honour of her first mention in those descriptive letters from ...
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afternoon answered arms asked Honora Aunt Mary Aunt Mary's blue carriage Chandos child Chiltern colour Cousin Eleanor cried Honora Cuthbert dear declared dinner door dress Dwyer exclaimed Honora eyes face Farwell father feel felt friends gazing girls glanced gone gown Grenoble Hanbury hand happy heard Holt Holt family Holt's horse Howard Spence Hugh husband Joshua Kame kissed knew lady laughed Leffing letter light Lily Dallam lion taming lived looked lunch Madame Mademoiselle marriage married morning never Newport night once paused perhaps Peter Erwin phaëton Quicksands remark replied Honora Rindge Rivington seemed Silverdale smiled staring stood strange suddenly sure surprise Susan Sutcliffe talk tell things thought to-day told took Trixton Brent Trixy turned Uncle Uncle Tom Vercingetorix Vicomte voice walked window Wing wish woman women wonderful York young
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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!