LandmarksMethuen, 1914 - 308 էջ |
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... Sergison , " or " The Most Significant Passages in the Life of Rudd Sergison " ( only , of course , the public would need a far more sensation- ally alluring title than these ) , it would begin , I sup- pose , earlier , and in the ...
... Sergison , " or " The Most Significant Passages in the Life of Rudd Sergison " ( only , of course , the public would need a far more sensation- ally alluring title than these ) , it would begin , I sup- pose , earlier , and in the ...
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... Sergison ( aged 36 ) , Rudd Sergison , her only child ( aged 7 that day ) . The comfortable scent of crumpets , which Rudd had been toasting and his mother buttering , still lingered INTRODUCING 3.
... Sergison ( aged 36 ) , Rudd Sergison , her only child ( aged 7 that day ) . The comfortable scent of crumpets , which Rudd had been toasting and his mother buttering , still lingered INTRODUCING 3.
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... Sergison . " They're all perfect . " " Very well , then , " said Rudd , thinking deeply . " First , we'll have ' The Brave Tinder Box , ' and then- 99 " That's two , " said Mrs. Sergison . " You've mixed them up . It's ' The Brave Tin ...
... Sergison . " They're all perfect . " " Very well , then , " said Rudd , thinking deeply . " First , we'll have ' The Brave Tinder Box , ' and then- 99 " That's two , " said Mrs. Sergison . " You've mixed them up . It's ' The Brave Tin ...
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... Sergison at home ? " Rudd heard a voice inquire . " I'm sorry but she's not , " Jane replied . Nothing kept Rudd ... Sergison's tea . " Are you quite sure ? " the voice asked . " Quite , ma'am , " said Jane , and was not struck dead ...
... Sergison at home ? " Rudd heard a voice inquire . " I'm sorry but she's not , " Jane replied . Nothing kept Rudd ... Sergison's tea . " Are you quite sure ? " the voice asked . " Quite , ma'am , " said Jane , and was not struck dead ...
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... Sergison had little courage in facing the anomalies of life . The sum of her teaching was that Rudd should be good ... Sergison had no hesi- tancies . To Rudd , who had heard Mr. Sergison read- ing about it at breakfast , it had been ...
... Sergison had little courage in facing the anomalies of life . The sum of her teaching was that Rudd should be good ... Sergison had no hesi- tancies . To Rudd , who had heard Mr. Sergison read- ing about it at breakfast , it had been ...
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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.