LandmarksMethuen, 1914 - 308 էջ |
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... never profit by the ripe experience which your grandfather has to offer you that you shall not even have the opportunity of hearing it . " The loss is ours , perhaps , more than theirs . But how little fun we should have , some of us ...
... never profit by the ripe experience which your grandfather has to offer you that you shall not even have the opportunity of hearing it . " The loss is ours , perhaps , more than theirs . But how little fun we should have , some of us ...
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... never lost the visual remembrance of his grandfather . It was one of the faces that he could always conjure up , even when the features of those much nearer to him re- fused to obey the call . The caprice of memory is never so ...
... never lost the visual remembrance of his grandfather . It was one of the faces that he could always conjure up , even when the features of those much nearer to him re- fused to obey the call . The caprice of memory is never so ...
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... never had before left the shop - windows , never had become the possession of a private individual ! Rudd had a paint - box of his own with which he coloured outline drawings on week - days , and on Sun- days illuminated texts ( with ...
... never had before left the shop - windows , never had become the possession of a private individual ! Rudd had a paint - box of his own with which he coloured outline drawings on week - days , and on Sun- days illuminated texts ( with ...
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... never returned it ; he teased them about their clothes ; he twisted their arms , and used bad words . Rudd was not only in his person miserably afraid of Oran's powers , but his little soul was disturbed too : he had the feeling that it ...
... never returned it ; he teased them about their clothes ; he twisted their arms , and used bad words . Rudd was not only in his person miserably afraid of Oran's powers , but his little soul was disturbed too : he had the feeling that it ...
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... never came . The voice murmured acquiescence , and Jane shut the door . Rudd all unstrung and dismayed tackled her . " Jane , " he said in reproachful tones , " Jane ! how could you ? " " Lor ' , how you made me jump ! " said Jane ...
... never came . The voice murmured acquiescence , and Jane shut the door . Rudd all unstrung and dismayed tackled her . " Jane , " he said in reproachful tones , " Jane ! how could you ? " " Lor ' , how you made me jump ! " said Jane ...
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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.