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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... interest in the private affairs of those who came within his zone of influence- and especially when these affairs evinced any irregularity . 66 Randolph again ? " he asked quickly . Tom walked to the window , and stood looking out into ...
... interest in the private affairs of those who came within his zone of influence- and especially when these affairs evinced any irregularity . 66 Randolph again ? " he asked quickly . Tom walked to the window , and stood looking out into ...
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... interest , which held no taint of envy , in the doings of people more fortunate than her- self . In the long summer days , after her silver was cleaned and her housekeeping and marketing finished , she read in the book - club ...
... interest , which held no taint of envy , in the doings of people more fortunate than her- self . In the long summer days , after her silver was cleaned and her housekeeping and marketing finished , she read in the book - club ...
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... interest in him . And , according to Peter , this fact accounted for all the good fortune which had followed . Shortly before the news came of his brother's death , Uncle Tom had discovered that the boy who did his errands so willingly ...
... interest in him . And , according to Peter , this fact accounted for all the good fortune which had followed . Shortly before the news came of his brother's death , Uncle Tom had discovered that the boy who did his errands so willingly ...
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... interest in her fellow - be- ings , and the old clothes of the Hanbury family went unerringly to the needy whose figures most resembled those of the original owners . For Mrs. Hanbury had a wide but comparatively unknown charity list ...
... interest in her fellow - be- ings , and the old clothes of the Hanbury family went unerringly to the needy whose figures most resembled those of the original owners . For Mrs. Hanbury had a wide but comparatively unknown charity list ...
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... interest in the future of that house . " I suppose it will be a boarding - house , " she would say , " it's much too large for poor people to rent , and only poor people are coming into this district now . " " Oh , Aunt Mary ! " " Well ...
... interest in the future of that house . " I suppose it will be a boarding - house , " she would say , " it's much too large for poor people to rent , and only poor people are coming into this district now . " " Oh , Aunt Mary ! " " Well ...
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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!