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Page vii
... and wretchedness as for any other reason , Daudet asks him to write his impressions of the life about him . A little later these articles were published ; picture the joy of little Introduction . vii ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT NIGHT.
... and wretchedness as for any other reason , Daudet asks him to write his impressions of the life about him . A little later these articles were published ; picture the joy of little Introduction . vii ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT NIGHT.
Page xi
... night from Paris to Étiolles , is it Jack's or his own ? Hard to say , so completely Daudet merges his own personality in that of the child . This personal quality , often accompanied by an almost feminine sensibility , is a dangerous ...
... night from Paris to Étiolles , is it Jack's or his own ? Hard to say , so completely Daudet merges his own personality in that of the child . This personal quality , often accompanied by an almost feminine sensibility , is a dangerous ...
Page xxix
... NIGHT VIII . PARVA DOMUS , MAGNA QUIES IX . BÉLISAIRE'S FIRST APPEARANCE X. CÉCILE . • XI . LIFE IS NOT A ROMANCE I. INDRET Part EE . • PAGE I 29 58 83 • IIO · • 142 • 169 196 222 · 248 • • 275 296 ILLUSTRATIONS " A charming Folly , all ...
... NIGHT VIII . PARVA DOMUS , MAGNA QUIES IX . BÉLISAIRE'S FIRST APPEARANCE X. CÉCILE . • XI . LIFE IS NOT A ROMANCE I. INDRET Part EE . • PAGE I 29 58 83 • IIO · • 142 • 169 196 222 · 248 • • 275 296 ILLUSTRATIONS " A charming Folly , all ...
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... night and day at thought of the prison from which no one was willing to deliver him and now at the last moment - a reprieve ! - If only his mother had not seemed so sorrowful , how he would have thanked her , how happy he would have ...
... night and day at thought of the prison from which no one was willing to deliver him and now at the last moment - a reprieve ! - If only his mother had not seemed so sorrowful , how he would have thanked her , how happy he would have ...
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... night . When Madame de Barancy dined out , Jack was intrusted to the care of Mademoiselle Constant . " She will dine with you , " said the mother . In the dining - room , which seemed only too large upon such occasions , covers were ...
... night . When Madame de Barancy dined out , Jack was intrusted to the care of Mademoiselle Constant . " She will dine with you , " said the mother . In the dining - room , which seemed only too large upon such occasions , covers were ...
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appearance asked Avenue Montaigne beautiful Bélisaire Bon ami Boulevard Haussmann carriage Cécile Champs-Élysées Charlotte charming cold Countess creature d'Argenton Dahomey Daudet dear Decostère delightful doctor door dream entered Étiolles eyes face factotum felt forest garden glance Guérigny Gymnase Moronval hand happy head heard Hirsch Jack's Kérika King of Dahomey Labassindre light listened little Jack little King little negro little tropicals looked Madame de Barancy Madame Moronval Mademoiselle Constant Mâdou mamma Monsieur Moronval Monsieur Rivals Moronval-Decostère Moronval's Mother Archambauld Moucié mulatto Nantais never night Paris passed paused poet Pointe-à-Pitre pupils road Roudic Saïd seated seemed seen sight silence singer sleep smile solemn sort sound spite suddenly talk tears tell terrible things thought tion trees Vaugirard Villeneuve-Saint-Georges voice wait walk watching wife woman words wretched
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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.