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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... hand she went with him . His very presence had the gift of dispelling longings , even in the young ; the gift of compelling delight in simple things . Of a Sunday afternoon , if the heat were not too great , he would take Honora to the ...
... hand she went with him . His very presence had the gift of dispelling longings , even in the young ; the gift of compelling delight in simple things . Of a Sunday afternoon , if the heat were not too great , he would take Honora to the ...
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... hand a morocco - bound diary , marked with her monogram , and destined to contain high matters . " How could you know what I wanted , Peter ? " she ex- claimed , after she had divested it of the tissue paper , holly , and red ribbon in ...
... hand a morocco - bound diary , marked with her monogram , and destined to contain high matters . " How could you know what I wanted , Peter ? " she ex- claimed , after she had divested it of the tissue paper , holly , and red ribbon in ...
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... wearing , Honora , ' Uncle Tom remarked slyly one April morning at break- fast ; " let me see it . " Honora blushed , and hid her hand under the table - cloth . And the ring - suffice it to say that her 47 IN WHICH PROVIDENCE KEEPS FAITH.
... wearing , Honora , ' Uncle Tom remarked slyly one April morning at break- fast ; " let me see it . " Honora blushed , and hid her hand under the table - cloth . And the ring - suffice it to say that her 47 IN WHICH PROVIDENCE KEEPS FAITH.
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... hand upon her aunt's . " I am thankful , " she said , and her aunt little guessed the intensity of the emotion she was seeking to control , or imagined the hidden fires . " But sometimes some- times I try to forget that we are poor ...
... hand upon her aunt's . " I am thankful , " she said , and her aunt little guessed the intensity of the emotion she was seeking to control , or imagined the hidden fires . " But sometimes some- times I try to forget that we are poor ...
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... hand through his arm . " I wish I could marry you , Peter , " she said . He was fain to take what comfort he could from this expression of good - will . If he was not the Prince Charm- ing of her dreams , she would have liked him to be ...
... hand through his arm . " I wish I could marry you , Peter , " she said . He was fain to take what comfort he could from this expression of good - will . If he was not the Prince Charm- ing of her dreams , she would have liked him to be ...
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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!