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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... young consul in three languages , and the guests chosen from the haute noblesse of Europe . Such was the vision in her youthful mind , added to by degrees as she grew into young - ladyhood and surreptitiously became familiar with the ...
... young consul in three languages , and the guests chosen from the haute noblesse of Europe . Such was the vision in her youthful mind , added to by degrees as she grew into young - ladyhood and surreptitiously became familiar with the ...
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... tall man carrying the beautiful child , bedecked like a young princess , and more than one passenger in the street cars smiled at them both . CHAPTER II PERDITA RECALLED SAINT LOUIS , or that part WHAT'S IN HEREDITY 7.
... tall man carrying the beautiful child , bedecked like a young princess , and more than one passenger in the street cars smiled at them both . CHAPTER II PERDITA RECALLED SAINT LOUIS , or that part WHAT'S IN HEREDITY 7.
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... young lady ye'll be soon , and the beaux a - comin ' ' round ! " she would cry , and throw back her head and laugh until the tears were in her eyes . And the princess , a slim figure in an immaculate linen frock with red ribbons which ...
... young lady ye'll be soon , and the beaux a - comin ' ' round ! " she would cry , and throw back her head and laugh until the tears were in her eyes . And the princess , a slim figure in an immaculate linen frock with red ribbons which ...
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... young lady we have chosen for our heroine , who was shaken , at the age of thirteen , by unfulfilled longings . Very early in life Honora learned to dread the summer , when one by one the families of her friends departed un- til the ...
... young lady we have chosen for our heroine , who was shaken , at the age of thirteen , by unfulfilled longings . Very early in life Honora learned to dread the summer , when one by one the families of her friends departed un- til the ...
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... father , Honora . " " But you have seen him ? " " Yes , " said Aunt Mary , dipping her cloth into the whiting ; “ I saw him at my wedding . But he was very young . ' " What was he like ? " Honora demanded . 99 PERDITA RECALLED 13.
... father , Honora . " " But you have seen him ? " " Yes , " said Aunt Mary , dipping her cloth into the whiting ; “ I saw him at my wedding . But he was very young . ' " What was he like ? " Honora demanded . 99 PERDITA RECALLED 13.
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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!