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Page v
... passed on unnoticed , lost in that great stream of human life that overflows the pavements of the mighty city . Clothed in picturesque rags , it might per- haps have served some artist in search of a model , but the novelist could ...
... passed on unnoticed , lost in that great stream of human life that overflows the pavements of the mighty city . Clothed in picturesque rags , it might per- haps have served some artist in search of a model , but the novelist could ...
Page vii
... passed . One day , Daudet tells us , there arrived a little note , pathetic in its brevity , written in a tremulous hand : " Sick at La Charité , Salle de Saint Jean de Dieu . " There the writer found him , lying upon a stretcher ...
... passed . One day , Daudet tells us , there arrived a little note , pathetic in its brevity , written in a tremulous hand : " Sick at La Charité , Salle de Saint Jean de Dieu . " There the writer found him , lying upon a stretcher ...
Page 6
... passed before the windows , and almost immediately a young priest appeared in the study . " My good Duffieux , " said the Superior , " you I will take this child for a short walk . Show him our church and our conservatories . The poor ...
... passed before the windows , and almost immediately a young priest appeared in the study . " My good Duffieux , " said the Superior , " you I will take this child for a short walk . Show him our church and our conservatories . The poor ...
Page 18
... been so new to them , and his mother had been quite as curious as himself . Each monument they passed , the least incident in the street , everything delighted them . " Look , Jack ! " " Look , mamma ! " They were like two 18 Jack .
... been so new to them , and his mother had been quite as curious as himself . Each monument they passed , the least incident in the street , everything delighted them . " Look , Jack ! " " Look , mamma ! " They were like two 18 Jack .
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... passed out , chattering exuberantly to Jack of her purchases . Then she suddenly assumed a graver air . " But be sure to remember what I told you . You must not tell Bon ami that I am going to this ball . It is a secret . Bless me ...
... passed out , chattering exuberantly to Jack of her purchases . Then she suddenly assumed a graver air . " But be sure to remember what I told you . You must not tell Bon ami that I am going to this ball . It is a secret . Bless me ...
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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.