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Page vii
... hand : " Sick at La Charité , Salle de Saint Jean de Dieu . " There the writer found him , lying upon a stretcher , there being no bed for him . As much , perhaps , to divert him from his own suffering and wretchedness as for any other ...
... hand : " Sick at La Charité , Salle de Saint Jean de Dieu . " There the writer found him , lying upon a stretcher , there being no bed for him . As much , perhaps , to divert him from his own suffering and wretchedness as for any other ...
Page xiv
... appropriating , never at random , just what he needed at the right moment . But woe to the lesser writer who should attempt to imitate Daudet's method ! The most curious archives are of value only in the hands of the xiv Introduction ,
... appropriating , never at random , just what he needed at the right moment . But woe to the lesser writer who should attempt to imitate Daudet's method ! The most curious archives are of value only in the hands of the xiv Introduction ,
Page xv
... hands sometimes becomes the flashlight in which a whole personality stands revealed . The characters he has painted in Jack , however familiar or commonplace , however grotesque , are never mere caricatures . They exist . They have ...
... hands sometimes becomes the flashlight in which a whole personality stands revealed . The characters he has painted in Jack , however familiar or commonplace , however grotesque , are never mere caricatures . They exist . They have ...
Page xviii
... hand and egotism on the other . The exe- cutioner and his victim , each is necessary for the other . The Vicomte renames his countess Charlotte , in memory of Goethe's Charlotte ( doubtless , too , he had discovered a strong resemblance ...
... hand and egotism on the other . The exe- cutioner and his victim , each is necessary for the other . The Vicomte renames his countess Charlotte , in memory of Goethe's Charlotte ( doubtless , too , he had discovered a strong resemblance ...
Page xix
... hands . They raise their eyes to Heaven . To the amazement of some of the uninitiated , this word echoes through the salon : " Cathedral ! ' " Another orator exclaims : " Gothic arch ! ' " Still a third , glancing around him ...
... hands . They raise their eyes to Heaven . To the amazement of some of the uninitiated , this word echoes through the salon : " Cathedral ! ' " Another orator exclaims : " Gothic arch ! ' " Still a third , glancing around him ...
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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.