Aunt MaudMcClure Company, 1908 - 373 էջ |
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Էջ 102
... making more progress than I ex- pected . The truth is , we are both in the same boat . I hate match - making . So do you . I have grown up with . . . well , with what Aunt Maud would call illusions . So have you . And that's why I want ...
... making more progress than I ex- pected . The truth is , we are both in the same boat . I hate match - making . So do you . I have grown up with . . . well , with what Aunt Maud would call illusions . So have you . And that's why I want ...
Էջ 109
... match - making third party and yet ending as a true romance . " I waited . " But you didn't ask , " he went on , " for my opin- ions . You want to know what we are going to do . Miss Irene , it is for you to say . I quite see that you ...
... match - making third party and yet ending as a true romance . " I waited . " But you didn't ask , " he went on , " for my opin- ions . You want to know what we are going to do . Miss Irene , it is for you to say . I quite see that you ...
Էջ 113
... match - making . And it's the only reason why I didn't go straight home . Three times I've decided to pack . I've stayed because she would have grieved over it for life if I'd gone . I must wound myself fifty times before I wound Aunt ...
... match - making . And it's the only reason why I didn't go straight home . Three times I've decided to pack . I've stayed because she would have grieved over it for life if I'd gone . I must wound myself fifty times before I wound Aunt ...
Էջ 131
... match - making activities . " It'll be far easier at the month's end to tell her it's broken off , " I said , " than to tell her to - day that it has never really been on . " At my careless prophecy of a breaking - off he clouded for an ...
... match - making activities . " It'll be far easier at the month's end to tell her it's broken off , " I said , " than to tell her to - day that it has never really been on . " At my careless prophecy of a breaking - off he clouded for an ...
Էջ 163
... match - making all over again . It would serve you right if I gave Richard a golden- haired , baby - eyed , clinging , adoring Fanny , and handed you over to Norman , with his comic songs . Now run away and be a better girl . " I ran ...
... match - making all over again . It would serve you right if I gave Richard a golden- haired , baby - eyed , clinging , adoring Fanny , and handed you over to Norman , with his comic songs . Now run away and be a better girl . " I ran ...
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answer asked Aunt Maud says awfully bargain began Black Hawk brown trout Bulchester burst caught cheeks Chesterfield cold cried ears engaged eyes face Fanny and Norman Fanny Bates Fanny's feel felt gaze girl grand grand passion hair hand happiness hate head heart Heaven kissed knew laburnum last night laugh letter listen little silver looked lovers Manly Fellow marriage marry match-making Maud's mean mind minutes Miss Baxenden morning mother myosotis nearly ness never Norman and Fanny Norman Hastings old maid once Perhaps poor pretty pride promise quarry replied retorted rhododendrons Richard Camber romantic round Salvationist say Yes seemed side silly soft soon sort square thing suddenly summer-house Sunday sure sweet talk tell there's thought thunderstruck to-day to-night told triforium trout turned voice woman word write wrong yesterday
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Էջ 289 - It was ordained for the mutual society, help, and comfort, that the one ought to have of the other, both in prosperity and adversity.
Էջ 316 - In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun : which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run his course.
Էջ 154 - One, two, three, four, five, I caught a fish alive. Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, I let it go again.
Էջ 281 - ... yoke," that Paul was opposed to giving every man that which is just and equal, and that the New Testament was written to " strengthen the weak hands and confirm the feeble knees " of tottering iniquities. But not till then shall a few petty priests shut us out from sympathy with, and confidence in, the noble army of martyrs and the glorious company of the Apostles.
Էջ 276 - You are now in your fifteenth year, and must soon act for yourself; therefore it is high time to store your mind with those principles which must direct your conduct, and fix your character. If you desire to live in peace and honour, in favour with God and man, and to die in the glorious hope...
Էջ 84 - ... Senator MAGNUSON. But a passenger rate case is not going to take much longer? Mr. BOYD. But general industrywide rate cases; yes, sir. But when you are dealing with single-shot cases such as excursion fares, for example IMPROVEMENT IN TIME ELEMENT Senator MAGNUSON. Are these figures better than they were last year, or the year before, or the year before that as to the time element? Mr. BOYD. Yes, sir; they are improving. The general time is improving.
Էջ 330 - good government can never be a substitute for self-government " ; and Aunt Maud launched one brilliant indictment after another against the " Slaves of Liberty " who are " so bound to the word that they never break loose to find the thing.