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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... or premonition that led them to accost the bonne ? " Oui , Laffingwell ! " she cried , gazing at them in some perplexity . Three children of various sizes clung to her skirts , and a younger nurse carried a WHAT'S IN HEREDITY 5.
... or premonition that led them to accost the bonne ? " Oui , Laffingwell ! " she cried , gazing at them in some perplexity . Three children of various sizes clung to her skirts , and a younger nurse carried a WHAT'S IN HEREDITY 5.
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... cried Honora , " to have been a consul and drive coaches . " Aunt Mary was silent . She was not a person who spoke easily on difficult subjects . 66 Why don't you ever talk to me about my father , Aunt Mary ? Uncle Tom does . " " I didn ...
... cried Honora , " to have been a consul and drive coaches . " Aunt Mary was silent . She was not a person who spoke easily on difficult subjects . 66 Why don't you ever talk to me about my father , Aunt Mary ? Uncle Tom does . " " I didn ...
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... cried Honora , " to be great and rich and power- ful , and to be somebody . " 66 Who has been putting such things in your head , my dear ? " " No one , Aunt Mary . Only , if I were a man , I shouldn't rest until I became great . ' 99 ...
... cried Honora , " to be great and rich and power- ful , and to be somebody . " 66 Who has been putting such things in your head , my dear ? " " No one , Aunt Mary . Only , if I were a man , I shouldn't rest until I became great . ' 99 ...
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... sat cross - legged on the hearthrug investigating a bottomless stocking . " What in the world are we going to do with all these things ? " said Peter . " We ? " cried Honora . " When we get married , I mean , " 24 A MODERN CHRONICLE.
... sat cross - legged on the hearthrug investigating a bottomless stocking . " What in the world are we going to do with all these things ? " said Peter . " We ? " cried Honora . " When we get married , I mean , " 24 A MODERN CHRONICLE.
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... cried , " don't you ever speak to me again ! Never ! Do you understand ? " It was thus that George , at some cost , had made a con- siderable discovery which , for the moment , shook even his scepticism . Honora believed it all herself ...
... cried , " don't you ever speak to me again ! Never ! Do you understand ? " It was thus that George , at some cost , had made a con- siderable discovery which , for the moment , shook even his scepticism . Honora believed it all herself ...
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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!