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... d'Argenton is not a special product of French life and literature , he is rather that relentless ego which masquerades under many disguises , but remains the type of the everlasting poseur . Hardly as subtle a creature as the Egoist of ...
... d'Argenton is not a special product of French life and literature , he is rather that relentless ego which masquerades under many disguises , but remains the type of the everlasting poseur . Hardly as subtle a creature as the Egoist of ...
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... d'Argenton's bearing was very grand ; upon Jack he made an indefinable impression , stirring in him both repulsion and terror . The child was to suffer at the hands of all those who were then present , but from this one more than from ...
... d'Argenton's bearing was very grand ; upon Jack he made an indefinable impression , stirring in him both repulsion and terror . The child was to suffer at the hands of all those who were then present , but from this one more than from ...
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... d'Argenton , the beautiful d'Argenton , would deign to be amused . A faint smile quivered upon his moustaches , his cold , glassy blue eye turned towards the child with a lordly and distant air of approbation . Jack was delighted . He ...
... d'Argenton , the beautiful d'Argenton , would deign to be amused . A faint smile quivered upon his moustaches , his cold , glassy blue eye turned towards the child with a lordly and distant air of approbation . Jack was delighted . He ...
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... d'Argenton and Moronval held first rank . In fact this was the method the Failures had discovered by which they could inflict them- selves upon a kind of public , through the medium of the indefatigable and expressive Madame Moronval ...
... d'Argenton and Moronval held first rank . In fact this was the method the Failures had discovered by which they could inflict them- selves upon a kind of public , through the medium of the indefatigable and expressive Madame Moronval ...
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... d'Argenton , the elegant d'Argenton with the curled hair of an archangel , perfumed ― and in light gloves , his air at once genial 94 Jack .
... d'Argenton , the elegant d'Argenton with the curled hair of an archangel , perfumed ― and in light gloves , his air at once genial 94 Jack .
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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.