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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... gone east- ward to the mountains or the seaside . In " the little house under the hill , " the surface of which was a hot slate roof , Honora would awake about seven o'clock to find old Catherine bending over her in a dun - coloured ...
... gone east- ward to the mountains or the seaside . In " the little house under the hill , " the surface of which was a hot slate roof , Honora would awake about seven o'clock to find old Catherine bending over her in a dun - coloured ...
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... gone to play piquet with Mr. Isham , who was ill , Honora further surprised her aunt by exclaiming : " How can you talk of things other people have and not want them , Aunt Mary ? " 66 Why should I desire what I cannot have , my dear ...
... gone to play piquet with Mr. Isham , who was ill , Honora further surprised her aunt by exclaiming : " How can you talk of things other people have and not want them , Aunt Mary ? " 66 Why should I desire what I cannot have , my dear ...
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... gone to the stake with a smile to save her little lady a single childish ill , and who spent her savings , until severely taken to task by Aunt Mary , upon objects for which a casual wish had been expressed . The saints themselves must ...
... gone to the stake with a smile to save her little lady a single childish ill , and who spent her savings , until severely taken to task by Aunt Mary , upon objects for which a casual wish had been expressed . The saints themselves must ...
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... gone . While hover- ing around the door he heard Mrs. Hayden's voice . " Unless I am tremendously mistaken , my dear , " that lady was remarking to Mrs. Dwyer , whose daughter Emily's future millions were powerless to compel youths of ...
... gone . While hover- ing around the door he heard Mrs. Hayden's voice . " Unless I am tremendously mistaken , my dear , " that lady was remarking to Mrs. Dwyer , whose daughter Emily's future millions were powerless to compel youths of ...
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... gone to Cheyenne , I imagine , " she said . " He never looked at me , and I have reason to be pro- foundly thankful for it , " said Mrs. Dwyer . Virginia Hayden bit her lip . She remembered a saying of Mrs. Brice , " Blessed are the ...
... gone to Cheyenne , I imagine , " she said . " He never looked at me , and I have reason to be pro- foundly thankful for it , " said Mrs. Dwyer . Virginia Hayden bit her lip . She remembered a saying of Mrs. Brice , " Blessed are the ...
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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!