Jack, Volume 1Little, Brown & Company, 1900 - French literature |
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... cold , was so fine , the Madeleine flower - market filled the air with such a delightful fragrance of violets , that Ida decided to dismiss her carriage and return afoot . Starting with spirited gait , but slightly slackening her steps ...
... cold , was so fine , the Madeleine flower - market filled the air with such a delightful fragrance of violets , that Ida decided to dismiss her carriage and return afoot . Starting with spirited gait , but slightly slackening her steps ...
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... cold , snowy morning when Ida's carriage entered the Avenue Montaigne and paused before the gilded sign of the Gymnase Moronval . The alley was deserted , the street - lamp hanging from its cord , creaked and swayed ; the boards of the ...
... cold , snowy morning when Ida's carriage entered the Avenue Montaigne and paused before the gilded sign of the Gymnase Moronval . The alley was deserted , the street - lamp hanging from its cord , creaked and swayed ; the boards of the ...
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... cold light which might have been dispensed with as well as not . The lady's - maid was absorbed with delight at playing the lady , and giving herself airs of impor- tance . She beamed upon the children , and re- marked that they ought ...
... cold light which might have been dispensed with as well as not . The lady's - maid was absorbed with delight at playing the lady , and giving herself airs of impor- tance . She beamed upon the children , and re- marked that they ought ...
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... cold sod — " The window - panes of the parlor still vibrated when a little , stout man , broad , short , and thick- set , with a black velvet cap , hair closely cut , and a forked beard , noisily opened the door . " A fire in the ...
... cold sod — " The window - panes of the parlor still vibrated when a little , stout man , broad , short , and thick- set , with a black velvet cap , hair closely cut , and a forked beard , noisily opened the door . " A fire in the ...
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... cold eye , but it closed again after a circular glance directed towards the child and his maid . Then he approached the other professors seated before the fire , and having bowed , the three ex- changed speechless glances of delight and ...
... cold eye , but it closed again after a circular glance directed towards the child and his maid . Then he approached the other professors seated before the fire , and having bowed , the three ex- changed speechless glances of delight and ...
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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.