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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... head and laugh until the tears were in her eyes . And the princess , a slim figure in an immaculate linen frock with red ribbons which Aunt Mary had copied from Longstreth's London catalogue , would reply with dignity : " Bridget , I ...
... head and laugh until the tears were in her eyes . And the princess , a slim figure in an immaculate linen frock with red ribbons which Aunt Mary had copied from Longstreth's London catalogue , would reply with dignity : " Bridget , I ...
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... head was thrown back . " What kind of ambition do you mean , Honora ? " " Oh , " 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 ...
... head was thrown back . " What kind of ambition do you mean , Honora ? " " Oh , " 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 ...
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... head . Once she had given her loyal friendship , such faults as this became as nothing . " And then , " said Honora , " when Mrs. Dwyer has dinner - parties for celebrated people who come here , why does she invite you in to see the ...
... head . Once she had given her loyal friendship , such faults as this became as nothing . " And then , " said Honora , " when Mrs. Dwyer has dinner - parties for celebrated people who come here , why does she invite you in to see the ...
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... head was very little above the level of his chin . " It strikes me that you are entitled to some little in- dulgence in life , Mary , " he said . One of the curious contradictions of Aunt Mary's char- acter was a never dying interest ...
... head was very little above the level of his chin . " It strikes me that you are entitled to some little in- dulgence in life , Mary , " he said . One of the curious contradictions of Aunt Mary's char- acter was a never dying interest ...
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... head - she saw no prospect of it . But other men , who were not half so good as Uncle Tom , got rich . Uncle Tom was not the kind of man who cared for riches . He was content to do his duty in that sphere where God had placed him . Poor ...
... head - she saw no prospect of it . But other men , who were not half so good as Uncle Tom , got rich . Uncle Tom was not the kind of man who cared for riches . He was content to do his duty in that sphere where God had placed him . Poor ...
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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!