LandmarksMethuen, 1914 - 308 էջ |
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... fact of acceptance , and , on the farther side , the moment ( which sometimes arrives ) when the discovery is made that the glamour has gone , that the lute has a rift in it , or more serious , that the lady is 2 LANDMARKS.
... fact of acceptance , and , on the farther side , the moment ( which sometimes arrives ) when the discovery is made that the glamour has gone , that the lute has a rift in it , or more serious , that the lady is 2 LANDMARKS.
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... fact , gardening came late in life . I've even been a traveller , " and he told Rudd curious and fascinating stories about foreign lands : and what Sydney harbour was like , and how San Francisco looked from the sea , and how strange ...
... fact , gardening came late in life . I've even been a traveller , " and he told Rudd curious and fascinating stories about foreign lands : and what Sydney harbour was like , and how San Francisco looked from the sea , and how strange ...
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Edward Verrall Lucas. " As a matter of fact , " Uncle Hector continued , " my garden at the moment is being attended to by a notorious criminal , no less a person than the famous Tyser , the swindler , himself . " " Not the scoundrel who ...
Edward Verrall Lucas. " As a matter of fact , " Uncle Hector continued , " my garden at the moment is being attended to by a notorious criminal , no less a person than the famous Tyser , the swindler , himself . " " Not the scoundrel who ...
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... fact was remote , but it was a fact none the less . " I suppose you've come about those birds ' eggs , " said Mr. Hoadley , with a broad wink to the constable , which Rudd did not see . Mr. Hoadley was the kind of humorist that requires ...
... fact was remote , but it was a fact none the less . " I suppose you've come about those birds ' eggs , " said Mr. Hoadley , with a broad wink to the constable , which Rudd did not see . Mr. Hoadley was the kind of humorist that requires ...
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... fact did not pass into his anecdotal reper- tory , but the memory of the triumph was magnifi- cently framed and hung on the line in the gallery of his heart . That , however , was not of the first importance , nor was W. G. for all his ...
... fact did not pass into his anecdotal reper- tory , but the memory of the triumph was magnifi- cently framed and hung on the line in the gallery of his heart . That , however , was not of the first importance , nor was W. G. for all his ...
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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.