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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... continued to regard this world as a place of sorrow and trials , she concerned herself very little about her partici- pation in a future life . Old Dr. Ewing , the rector of St. Anne's , while conceding that no better or more charitable ...
... continued to regard this world as a place of sorrow and trials , she concerned herself very little about her partici- pation in a future life . Old Dr. Ewing , the rector of St. Anne's , while conceding that no better or more charitable ...
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... continued to go to the dancing class , where she treated Mr. Meeker with a hauteur that astonished him , amused Virginia Hayden , and perplexed Cousin Eleanor . Mr. Meeker's cringing soul responded , and in a month Honora was the ...
... continued to go to the dancing class , where she treated Mr. Meeker with a hauteur that astonished him , amused Virginia Hayden , and perplexed Cousin Eleanor . Mr. Meeker's cringing soul responded , and in a month Honora was the ...
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... continued Mrs. Dwyer , " al- though his uncle , Eleanor Hanbury's father , cancelled what Randolph had had from him in his will . It was twenty - five thousand dollars . James Hanbury , you re- member , had him appointed consul at Nice ...
... continued Mrs. Dwyer , " al- though his uncle , Eleanor Hanbury's father , cancelled what Randolph had had from him in his will . It was twenty - five thousand dollars . James Hanbury , you re- member , had him appointed consul at Nice ...
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... continued contact with such a determined fatalism as Aunt Mary's , and yet it is interesting to note that Honora's belief in her providence never wavered . A prince was to come who was to bear her away from the ragmen and the boarding ...
... continued contact with such a determined fatalism as Aunt Mary's , and yet it is interesting to note that Honora's belief in her providence never wavered . A prince was to come who was to bear her away from the ragmen and the boarding ...
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... wish , " said Aunt Mary , " that she were not quite so good - looking . " Uncle Tom laughed . / 19 " And I have given her , " she continued. " You needn't tell me you're not proud of it , " he de- clared . 54 A MODERN CHRONICLE.
... wish , " said Aunt Mary , " that she were not quite so good - looking . " Uncle Tom laughed . / 19 " And I have given her , " she continued. " You needn't tell me you're not proud of it , " he de- clared . 54 A MODERN CHRONICLE.
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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!