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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... knew , in some wondrous land by the shores of the summer seas , not at all like St. Louis , and friends and relatives had not hesitated to remark in her hearing that she resembled her father , -that handsome father who surely must have ...
... knew , in some wondrous land by the shores of the summer seas , not at all like St. Louis , and friends and relatives had not hesitated to remark in her hearing that she resembled her father , -that handsome father who surely must have ...
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... and abroad . And she knew , by means of a correspondence with Cousin Eleanor Hanbury and other intimates , the kind of cottages in which her friends sojourned at the seashore or in the mountains ; how 16 A MODERN CHRONICLE.
... and abroad . And she knew , by means of a correspondence with Cousin Eleanor Hanbury and other intimates , the kind of cottages in which her friends sojourned at the seashore or in the mountains ; how 16 A MODERN CHRONICLE.
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... knew him , and spoke to him with kindly respect . Nay , it seemed to Honora that the very animals knew him , and offered themselves in- gratiatingly to be stroked by one whom they recognized as friend . Jaded horses in the street lifted ...
... knew him , and spoke to him with kindly respect . Nay , it seemed to Honora that the very animals knew him , and offered themselves in- gratiatingly to be stroked by one whom they recognized as friend . Jaded horses in the street lifted ...
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... knew it was Christmas all the time ! " 66 " Kiss your uncle good night , Honora , and go right to sleep , dear , " — from Aunt Mary . - - The unconscious irony in that command of Aunt Mary's ! to go right to sleep ! Many times was a ...
... knew it was Christmas all the time ! " 66 " Kiss your uncle good night , Honora , and go right to sleep , dear , " — from Aunt Mary . - - The unconscious irony in that command of Aunt Mary's ! to go right to sleep ! Many times was a ...
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... knew not their time - honoured places , and white paper and red ribbon littered the floor . Uncle Tom , relegated to a corner , pretended to read his newspaper , while Honora flitted from Peter's knees to his , or sat cross - legged on ...
... knew not their time - honoured places , and white paper and red ribbon littered the floor . Uncle Tom , relegated to a corner , pretended to read his newspaper , while Honora flitted from Peter's knees to his , or sat cross - legged on ...
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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!