LandmarksMethuen, 1914 - 308 էջ |
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... tell such a story ? Mother's up- stairs . You know she is . " " Of course I know she is , " said Jane , " but she's not at home to anyone . She told me herself . " " Mother told you ? " Rudd said incredulously . 14 LANDMARKS.
... tell such a story ? Mother's up- stairs . You know she is . " " Of course I know she is , " said Jane , " but she's not at home to anyone . She told me herself . " " Mother told you ? " Rudd said incredulously . 14 LANDMARKS.
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... tell it . " 66 Mrs. Sergison drew the boy to her . " " Not at home ' means I don't want to see any callers , " she said . " But it was a story , " said Rudd . " No , not a story . It's a regular form of words meaning that . " " But if ...
... tell it . " 66 Mrs. Sergison drew the boy to her . " " Not at home ' means I don't want to see any callers , " she said . " But it was a story , " said Rudd . " No , not a story . It's a regular form of words meaning that . " " But if ...
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... telling the truth , was it ? " he said . Sarah , who disliked Society and its pretences , agreed that it was not . " Because mother was in , " he continued . at home . She was at home all the time . " " She was " You must forget it ...
... telling the truth , was it ? " he said . Sarah , who disliked Society and its pretences , agreed that it was not . " Because mother was in , " he continued . at home . She was at home all the time . " " She was " You must forget it ...
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... tell the weather . When his father was away , strange marine creatures often had possession of the bath . When paddling was not possible , owing to the cold or the high tide , Rudd and Sarah would walk slowly along the Front and study ...
... tell the weather . When his father was away , strange marine creatures often had possession of the bath . When paddling was not possible , owing to the cold or the high tide , Rudd and Sarah would walk slowly along the Front and study ...
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... tell the awful tale . Rudd listened in horror . A tidal wave . That was the end of the Front for him . At any moment one might come ; and then · Mrs. Sergison noticed his white panic - stricken face and called on her husband to stop ...
... tell the awful tale . Rudd listened in horror . A tidal wave . That was the end of the Front for him . At any moment one might come ; and then · Mrs. Sergison noticed his white panic - stricken face and called on her husband to stop ...
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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.