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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... black silk stockings , were straight ; and the simple white lawn frock made the best of a slender figure . Those frocks of Honora's were a continual source of wonder- - and sometimes of envy to Aunt Mary's friends ; 10 A MODERN CHRONICLE.
... black silk stockings , were straight ; and the simple white lawn frock made the best of a slender figure . Those frocks of Honora's were a continual source of wonder- - and sometimes of envy to Aunt Mary's friends ; 10 A MODERN CHRONICLE.
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Winston Churchill. - and sometimes of envy to Aunt Mary's friends ; who returned from the seaside in the autumn , after a week among the fashions in Boston or New York , to find Ho- nora in the latest models , and better dressed than ...
Winston Churchill. - and sometimes of envy to Aunt Mary's friends ; who returned from the seaside in the autumn , after a week among the fashions in Boston or New York , to find Ho- nora in the latest models , and better dressed than ...
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... Sometimes , when she looked in the mirror , she was filled with a fierce belief in a destiny to sit in the high seats , to receive homage and dispense bounties , to discourse with great intellects , to know London and Paris and the ...
... Sometimes , when she looked in the mirror , she was filled with a fierce belief in a destiny to sit in the high seats , to receive homage and dispense bounties , to discourse with great intellects , to know London and Paris and the ...
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... Sometimes Honora went to the corner with him , and he waved her good - by from the platform as he felt in his pocket for the nickel that was to pay his fare . When Honora returned , Aunt Mary had donned her apron , and was industriously ...
... Sometimes Honora went to the corner with him , and he waved her good - by from the platform as he felt in his pocket for the nickel that was to pay his fare . When Honora returned , Aunt Mary had donned her apron , and was industriously ...
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... Sometimes I think I've done wrong not to dress her more simply . I'm afraid it's given the child a taste for - for self - adornment . " 99 " I once had a fond belief that all women possessed such a taste , ” said Uncle Tom , with a ...
... Sometimes I think I've done wrong not to dress her more simply . I'm afraid it's given the child a taste for - for self - adornment . " 99 " I once had a fond belief that all women possessed such a taste , ” said Uncle Tom , with a ...
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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!