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Page vii
... better when I am here . " Instinctively he appropriated the best books had to give him , making it his own . Daudet led him to talk of them , of his past , and of the factory life he had led . Certain incidents of factory life at Indret ...
... better when I am here . " Instinctively he appropriated the best books had to give him , making it his own . Daudet led him to talk of them , of his past , and of the factory life he had led . Certain incidents of factory life at Indret ...
Page xviii
... better woman . But in the " book of theme with a finer irony " Daudet handles the sense of the ludicrous , and binds this pair together for life with chains forged by imbecility on the one hand and egotism on the other . The exe ...
... better woman . But in the " book of theme with a finer irony " Daudet handles the sense of the ludicrous , and binds this pair together for life with chains forged by imbecility on the one hand and egotism on the other . The exe ...
Page xxvii
... better word we term Genius . It is the selfsame genius whose threefold gift of light and laughter and tears has touched the human heart again and again . Whatever else is true of Genius , this at least is certain , it shall not taste ...
... better word we term Genius . It is the selfsame genius whose threefold gift of light and laughter and tears has touched the human heart again and again . Whatever else is true of Genius , this at least is certain , it shall not taste ...
Page 16
... better than Paris how to defend themselves against women of this stamp . This air , and a certain freshness about her , possibly a souvenir of a child- hood spent in the open air , kept her apart from the great stream of Parisian life ...
... better than Paris how to defend themselves against women of this stamp . This air , and a certain freshness about her , possibly a souvenir of a child- hood spent in the open air , kept her apart from the great stream of Parisian life ...
Page 23
... better , I must dress her . " " What ! Constant ! You cannot think I am going to that ball . I have no heart for amusing myself . " " Nonsense ! don't talk like that . In five minutes more it will be another story . costume of Folly ...
... better , I must dress her . " " What ! Constant ! You cannot think I am going to that ball . I have no heart for amusing myself . " " Nonsense ! don't talk like that . In five minutes more it will be another story . costume of Folly ...
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Page 103 - DE L'ENFANT A SON RÉVEIL O père qu'adore mon père ! Toi qu'on ne nomme qu'à genoux! Toi, dont le nom terrible et doux Fait courber le front de ma mère! On dit que ce brillant soleil N'est qu'un jouet de ta puissance; Que sous tes pieds il se balance Comme une lampe de vermeil. On dit que c'est toi qui fais naître Les petits oiseaux dans les champs, Et qui...
Page xxiv - Did we think victory great ? So it is — but now it seems to me, when it cannot be help'd, that defeat is great, And that death and dismay are great.
Page 285 - ... workman, is no longer what it used to be ; oh, no ! not at all the same thing, not at all. You must know that the time- of the working-man has now come. The middle classes have had their day, the aristocracy likewise. Although, I must say, the aristocracy- Moreover, is it not more natural at your age, to allow yourself to be guided by those who love you, and who are experienced ? " A sob from the child interrupted her. " Then you too send me away; you too send me away.