LandmarksMethuen, 1914 - 308 էջ |
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... there a tre- mendous event . But there were other things , too , which Rudd al- ways remembered , chief of which was the texture of the cloth which was laid on the dining - room table be- tween meals , and was as thick almost as a ...
... there a tre- mendous event . But there were other things , too , which Rudd al- ways remembered , chief of which was the texture of the cloth which was laid on the dining - room table be- tween meals , and was as thick almost as a ...
Էջ 10
... there , from an axe downwards ; Henry would be able to sever each finger and each toe with a different weapon , and still have enough left for scores of minor injuries . The other children looked on in envy and not a little per- plexity ...
... there , from an axe downwards ; Henry would be able to sever each finger and each toe with a different weapon , and still have enough left for scores of minor injuries . The other children looked on in envy and not a little per- plexity ...
Էջ 13
... there was always the risk of meeting Oran . Oran was a lame boy who terrorized the neighbour- hood . He had one very high boot with an enormous sole and heel , and a crutch , but he could get over the ground faster than most boys even ...
... there was always the risk of meeting Oran . Oran was a lame boy who terrorized the neighbour- hood . He had one very high boot with an enormous sole and heel , and a crutch , but he could get over the ground faster than most boys even ...
Էջ 21
... There he flung off his black covering and revealed himself garbed in dazzling red and gold , with a large flowing cloak over all . But he revealed more than this , for it was now that the observer noticed the most wonderful thing about ...
... There he flung off his black covering and revealed himself garbed in dazzling red and gold , with a large flowing cloak over all . But he revealed more than this , for it was now that the observer noticed the most wonderful thing about ...
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... There was no doubt about it ; the Don was pre- eminently a one - legged man . There was not an inch of the other to be seen ; it was as non - existent as that of a resting stork . Don Patos , having arranged his draperies , would make ...
... There was no doubt about it ; the Don was pre- eminently a one - legged man . There was not an inch of the other to be seen ; it was as non - existent as that of a resting stork . Don Patos , having arranged his draperies , would make ...
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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.