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Page 24
... looked and looked , full of admira- tion , and the mother , powdered , volatile and light - hearted , her cap and bells in her hand beamed upon Jack , smiled at her own image in the glass , troubling herself no further to ask the ...
... looked and looked , full of admira- tion , and the mother , powdered , volatile and light - hearted , her cap and bells in her hand beamed upon Jack , smiled at her own image in the glass , troubling herself no further to ask the ...
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... looked like the entrance to some prison or a convent . The deep silence without , which seemed to make the gardens and buildings of the Gymnase still larger , was suddenly broken by Mademoiselle Constant's vigorous pull at the bell ...
... looked like the entrance to some prison or a convent . The deep silence without , which seemed to make the gardens and buildings of the Gymnase still larger , was suddenly broken by Mademoiselle Constant's vigorous pull at the bell ...
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... looked still drearier beneath the sombre gray of winter that tinged everything . Scattered about what remained of a lawn , were various buildings of eccentric shape . The Gym- nase , it seemed , was at one time an establishment for ...
... looked still drearier beneath the sombre gray of winter that tinged everything . Scattered about what remained of a lawn , were various buildings of eccentric shape . The Gym- nase , it seemed , was at one time an establishment for ...
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... looked at him sympathetically , and twice Jack heard her murmur , as the priest had done : " Poor child ! " She too pitied him . And why ? There was something terrible in this compassion . It oppressed him . He could have wept for shame ...
... looked at him sympathetically , and twice Jack heard her murmur , as the priest had done : " Poor child ! " She too pitied him . And why ? There was something terrible in this compassion . It oppressed him . He could have wept for shame ...
Page 48
... little pays chauds , he looked like some elegant terrified little Parisian suddenly dropped into the big monkey - cage of the Jardin des Plantes . This thought occurring to Moronval amused him greatly , but 48 Jack .
... little pays chauds , he looked like some elegant terrified little Parisian suddenly dropped into the big monkey - cage of the Jardin des Plantes . This thought occurring to Moronval amused him greatly , but 48 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.