LandmarksMethuen, 1914 - 308 էջ |
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... Sarah rather than his mother . Sarah at any rate made some attempt at solution . Even when an upper floor too heavily weighted one Sunday evening by a congregation singing " The Old Hundredth " had given way , and scores of the singers ...
... Sarah rather than his mother . Sarah at any rate made some attempt at solution . Even when an upper floor too heavily weighted one Sunday evening by a congregation singing " The Old Hundredth " had given way , and scores of the singers ...
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... Sarah about it . " How is it ? " he asked . Sarah was orthodox , too , but her mind was more practical and more investigative . She liked reasons . " The floor was weak , " she said . " They ought never to have been up there at all . It ...
... Sarah about it . " How is it ? " he asked . Sarah was orthodox , too , but her mind was more practical and more investigative . She liked reasons . " The floor was weak , " she said . " They ought never to have been up there at all . It ...
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... Sarah was out . " Oh , mother , " he cried , bursting into Mrs. Sergi- son's room , " such a dreadful thing's happened . " " What is it ? " Mrs. Sergison asked in alarm . " Why , " said Rudd , " somebody called to see you , and Jane ...
... Sarah was out . " Oh , mother , " he cried , bursting into Mrs. Sergi- son's room , " such a dreadful thing's happened . " " What is it ? " Mrs. Sergison asked in alarm . " Why , " said Rudd , " somebody called to see you , and Jane ...
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... Sarah . " It wasn't telling the truth , was it ? " he said . Sarah , who disliked Society and its pretences , agreed that it was not . " Because mother was in , " he continued . at home . She was at home all the time . " " She was " You ...
... Sarah . " It wasn't telling the truth , was it ? " he said . Sarah , who disliked Society and its pretences , agreed that it was not . " Because mother was in , " he continued . at home . She was at home all the time . " " She was " You ...
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... Sarah . Mrs. Sergison's first duties were to her husband ; Sarah's only duties were to Rudd . Sarah Juniper had had charge of him from his earliest moments . She dressed him and undressed him , and between those two great events she was ...
... Sarah . Mrs. Sergison's first duties were to her husband ; Sarah's only duties were to Rudd . Sarah Juniper had had charge of him from his earliest moments . She dressed him and undressed him , and between those two great events she was ...
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Էջ 213 - WILT thou have this woman to thy wedded wife, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony ? Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honour, and keep her, in sickness and in health, and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto her, so long as ye both shall live ? The man shall answer, I Will.
Էջ 214 - Wommn, .• 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 others, keep thee only unto him, so long as ye both shall live?
Էջ 124 - One of the most serious thoughts that life provokes is the reflection that we can never tell, at the time, whether a word, a look, a touch, an occurrence of any kind, is trivial or important.
Էջ 20 - Adam and Eve and Pinchme Went down to the river to "bathe. Adam and. Eve got drownded Who do you think was saved?
Էջ 177 - There is only one thing to do and that is to go on down the river.
Էջ 214 - Esther, to be my wedded wife, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, to love and to cherish, till death us do part ; and thereto I plight thee my troth.
Էջ 45 - A starry night for a ramble, In the flowery dell, Through the bush and bramble, Kiss, but never tell!
Էջ 1 - Lucas calls his story a moving-picture novel, because in it he has fried to adapt to the novelist's use the methods of "the gifted gentlemen who apply the severe selective machinery of the cinema.