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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... stood behind his wicket read- ing a letter from Howard Allison , Esquire , relative to his niece . Mr. Leffingwell was at this period of his life forty- eight , but the habit he had acquired of assuming respon- sibilities and burdens ...
... stood behind his wicket read- ing a letter from Howard Allison , Esquire , relative to his niece . Mr. Leffingwell was at this period of his life forty- eight , but the habit he had acquired of assuming respon- sibilities and burdens ...
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... stood in his seersucker coat reading the unquestionably pom- pous letter of Mr. Allison announcing that his niece was on the high seas , he returned the greetings of his friends with his usual kindness and cheer . In an adjoining com ...
... stood in his seersucker coat reading the unquestionably pom- pous letter of Mr. Allison announcing that his niece was on the high seas , he returned the greetings of his friends with his usual kindness and cheer . In an adjoining com ...
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... stood looking out into the street . His voice shook as he answered : " Ten days ago I learned that my brother was dead , Mr. Isham . ' 99 The president glanced at the broad back of his teller . Mr. Isham's voice was firm , his face ...
... stood looking out into the street . His voice shook as he answered : " Ten days ago I learned that my brother was dead , Mr. Isham . ' 99 The president glanced at the broad back of his teller . Mr. Isham's voice was firm , his face ...
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... stood on one foot from em- barrassment . " Why , Peter , " Uncle Tom had said slyly , " why don't kiss her ? " you That kiss had been Peter's seal of service . And he became , on Sunday afternoons , a sort of understudy for Catherine ...
... stood on one foot from em- barrassment . " Why , Peter , " Uncle Tom had said slyly , " why don't kiss her ? " you That kiss had been Peter's seal of service . And he became , on Sunday afternoons , a sort of understudy for Catherine ...
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... stood on Catherine's bureau . But to - night , by grace of some added power of vision , she saw him with new and critical eyes . She was surprised to discover that he was possessed of a quality with which she had never associated him ...
... stood on Catherine's bureau . But to - night , by grace of some added power of vision , she saw him with new and critical eyes . She was surprised to discover that he was possessed of a quality with which she had never associated him ...
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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!