LandmarksMethuen, 1914 - 308 էջ |
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... minute or so Jane tripped along the passage and opened the door . " Is Mrs. Sergison at home ? " Rudd heard a voice inquire . " I'm sorry but she's not , " Jane replied . Nothing kept Rudd from bursting from his lair and setting right ...
... minute or so Jane tripped along the passage and opened the door . " Is Mrs. Sergison at home ? " Rudd heard a voice inquire . " I'm sorry but she's not , " Jane replied . Nothing kept Rudd from bursting from his lair and setting right ...
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... minute , and many were the accidents . Rudd knew one boy who had lost an eye there . One morning Rudd was early on the ground , as he liked to be , to await the Gloucestershire men ; and on this day he had to be earlier still in order ...
... minute , and many were the accidents . Rudd knew one boy who had lost an eye there . One morning Rudd was early on the ground , as he liked to be , to await the Gloucestershire men ; and on this day he had to be earlier still in order ...
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... minute , as it presented few difficulties ; and he then dashed it off and took it straight to Jumbo without thinking it necessary to seek the usual ratification . It was too simple for a mistake to have crept in , and Rudd knew himself ...
... minute , as it presented few difficulties ; and he then dashed it off and took it straight to Jumbo without thinking it necessary to seek the usual ratification . It was too simple for a mistake to have crept in , and Rudd knew himself ...
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... minute . His blood turned cold . He stood at the desk in an agony . What an infernal ass he had been ! What an insanely silly lie to have told , and - more - be found out over ! How could he have been so idiotic ; and the worst of it ...
... minute . His blood turned cold . He stood at the desk in an agony . What an infernal ass he had been ! What an insanely silly lie to have told , and - more - be found out over ! How could he have been so idiotic ; and the worst of it ...
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... minute , " said Keast . " I hate lying , and I didn't want ever to do any . But . . . Oh , look here , that'll be all right . Don't you worry . Of course I'll stand by you . " " I don't know why you should , " Rudd said simply . " As ...
... minute , " said Keast . " I hate lying , and I didn't want ever to do any . But . . . Oh , look here , that'll be all right . Don't you worry . Of course I'll stand by you . " " I don't know why you should , " Rudd said simply . " As ...
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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.