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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... naturally put out , " he declared gravely , " because you said you wouldn't marry me . But I don't intend to give up . No man who is worth his salt ever gives up . " " You are old enough to get married now , " said Honora , still ...
... naturally put out , " he declared gravely , " because you said you wouldn't marry me . But I don't intend to give up . No man who is worth his salt ever gives up . " " You are old enough to get married now , " said Honora , still ...
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... naturally . Of Mr. Cyrus Meeker , whose mustaches , at the age of five and sixty , are waxed as tight as ever , and whose little legs to - day are as nimble as of yore . He has a memory like Mr. Gladstone's , and can give you a social ...
... naturally . Of Mr. Cyrus Meeker , whose mustaches , at the age of five and sixty , are waxed as tight as ever , and whose little legs to - day are as nimble as of yore . He has a memory like Mr. Gladstone's , and can give you a social ...
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... naturally . Upon one Algernon Cartwright , for example , whose striking likeness to the Van Dyck portrait of a young king had been more than once commented upon by his elders , and whose velveteen suits enhanced the resem- blance ...
... naturally . Upon one Algernon Cartwright , for example , whose striking likeness to the Van Dyck portrait of a young king had been more than once commented upon by his elders , and whose velveteen suits enhanced the resem- blance ...
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... as though she had lived in Paris . " Little Mrs. Dwyer raised her hands in protest . " It doesn't seem natural , somehow . It doesn't seem exactly - moral , my dear . " " Nonsense , " said Mrs. Hayden . " Mrs. OF TEMPERAMENT 37.
... as though she had lived in Paris . " Little Mrs. Dwyer raised her hands in protest . " It doesn't seem natural , somehow . It doesn't seem exactly - moral , my dear . " " Nonsense , " said Mrs. Hayden . " Mrs. OF TEMPERAMENT 37.
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... natural history at Miss Farmer's . The crab is the colour of the seaweed , and the deer of the thicket . It's a device of nature for the protection of weak things . ' Peter drew himself up proudly . 99 " I have always understood , Miss ...
... natural history at Miss Farmer's . The crab is the colour of the seaweed , and the deer of the thicket . It's a device of nature for the protection of weak things . ' Peter drew himself up proudly . 99 " I have always understood , Miss ...
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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!