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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... sure that Mrs. Thomas Leffing- well understood . She had cleared her skirts of any pos- sible implication of intimacy with the late Mrs. Randolph , and done so with a master touch . In the meantime Honora had passed to Uncle Tom . After ...
... sure that Mrs. Thomas Leffing- well understood . She had cleared her skirts of any pos- sible implication of intimacy with the late Mrs. Randolph , and done so with a master touch . In the meantime Honora had passed to Uncle Tom . After ...
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... Sure , " declared Mary Ann , " it's the air of a princess the child has . " That she should be thought a princess did not appear at all remarkable to Honora at twelve years of age . Perdita may have had such dreams . She had been born ...
... Sure , " declared Mary Ann , " it's the air of a princess the child has . " That she should be thought a princess did not appear at all remarkable to Honora at twelve years of age . Perdita may have had such dreams . She had been born ...
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... sure , was still no longer than the tops of her ankles . and the hair still hung in a heavy braid down her back , These were positively all that remained of the original 99 Honora , and the change had occurred in the OF TEMPERAMENT 43.
... sure , was still no longer than the tops of her ankles . and the hair still hung in a heavy braid down her back , These were positively all that remained of the original 99 Honora , and the change had occurred in the OF TEMPERAMENT 43.
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... sure it's very kind of you , sir , to bother with him , " he said gratefully . " It's that thin he is with the heat , I take him out for a bit of country air . " " Why , Tim , it's you , is it ? " said Peter . " He's the janitor of our ...
... sure it's very kind of you , sir , to bother with him , " he said gratefully . " It's that thin he is with the heat , I take him out for a bit of country air . " " Why , Tim , it's you , is it ? " said Peter . " He's the janitor of our ...
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... sure , knew all about that school before Cousin Eleanor's letter came , " Miss Turner insists upon hard work , and the dis- cipline is very strict . " " No young men , " added Uncle Tom . " That , " declared Aunt Mary , " is certainly ...
... sure , knew all about that school before Cousin Eleanor's letter came , " Miss Turner insists upon hard work , and the dis- cipline is very strict . " " No young men , " added Uncle Tom . " That , " declared Aunt Mary , " is certainly ...
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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!