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... glance , full of ecclesiastic penetration , towards the young woman seated before him , her Jack ( with a K ) standing at her side . She was an elegant creature , irreproachably gowned , in the very height of fashion - it was then ...
... glance , full of ecclesiastic penetration , towards the young woman seated before him , her Jack ( with a K ) standing at her side . She was an elegant creature , irreproachably gowned , in the very height of fashion - it was then ...
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... glance towards his bare legs as if in his heart he cursed Lord Peambock and all the Indian army , to whom he was indebted for his absurd costume . Physically he resembled his mother , but with something finer , more striking in the face ...
... glance towards his bare legs as if in his heart he cursed Lord Peambock and all the Indian army , to whom he was indebted for his absurd costume . Physically he resembled his mother , but with something finer , more striking in the face ...
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... glance towards the mother he said : " Very well , madame , let it be so . If you insist , I will accede to this wish of yours . I was pleased with little Jack . I consent to receive him as one of our pupils . " " Oh , Monsieur le ...
... glance towards the mother he said : " Very well , madame , let it be so . If you insist , I will accede to this wish of yours . I was pleased with little Jack . I consent to receive him as one of our pupils . " " Oh , Monsieur le ...
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... glance the priest had discovered her real position , which she had thought so well concealed beneath all the false and superficial luxury of a worldly woman , an irreproachable mother ! Then what she was must be only too apparent . She ...
... glance the priest had discovered her real position , which she had thought so well concealed beneath all the false and superficial luxury of a worldly woman , an irreproachable mother ! Then what she was must be only too apparent . She ...
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... glance was absent- minded and disdainful , and his large blonde mous- taches , heavily waxed , his wide pallid face , gave him the appearance of a sick musketeer . Moronval presented him as " our great poet , Amaury The Gymnase Moronval ...
... glance was absent- minded and disdainful , and his large blonde mous- taches , heavily waxed , his wide pallid face , gave him the appearance of a sick musketeer . Moronval presented him as " our great poet , Amaury The Gymnase Moronval ...
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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.