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Page xvi
... Happy Failures ! One confesses , after all is said , to a sneaking fondness for them , and suspects that for once Daudet's irony overshot the mark , and that they are neither as formidable nor as ridiculous as they seem , even though ...
... Happy Failures ! One confesses , after all is said , to a sneaking fondness for them , and suspects that for once Daudet's irony overshot the mark , and that they are neither as formidable nor as ridiculous as they seem , even though ...
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... happy he would have been to know that he was near her , wrapped in the furs of that little brougham in which they had taken such delightful drives ! They would take them again ! Jack remembered the afternoons in the Bois , those long ...
... happy he would have been to know that he was near her , wrapped in the furs of that little brougham in which they had taken such delightful drives ! They would take them again ! Jack remembered the afternoons in the Bois , those long ...
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... happy ! It seems , then , that there are misfortunes so well concealed that he who is the cause of them , or merely their victim , does not even surmise them ! The door opened . His mother was ready . " Come in , Master Jack , and see ...
... happy ! It seems , then , that there are misfortunes so well concealed that he who is the cause of them , or merely their victim , does not even surmise them ! The door opened . His mother was ready . " Come in , Master Jack , and see ...
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... any news of them ? " " No. " " Did they return to Egypt , as they intended ? " " Don't know never write me . " ― Certainly this sample of the Moronval - Decostère education was not happy in its replies , and Jack's 46 Jack .
... any news of them ? " " No. " " Did they return to Egypt , as they intended ? " " Don't know never write me . " ― Certainly this sample of the Moronval - Decostère education was not happy in its replies , and Jack's 46 Jack .
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... happy days . As he leaned against the gate of the garden , weeping silently , a hand was stretched towards him , with something black in it . It was big Saïd who sought to console him with some cigar - ends . " Take some - don't mind ...
... happy days . As he leaned against the gate of the garden , weeping silently , a hand was stretched towards him , with something black in it . It was big Saïd who sought to console him with some cigar - ends . " Take some - don't mind ...
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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.