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Page vii
... soon separated them , the writer returning to Paris , " Jack " finding work upon the Lyons railroad . Daudet saw him only at rare intervals , and each time he appeared thinner , weaker , more despairing , crushed beneath the ...
... soon separated them , the writer returning to Paris , " Jack " finding work upon the Lyons railroad . Daudet saw him only at rare intervals , and each time he appeared thinner , weaker , more despairing , crushed beneath the ...
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Alphonse Daudet. fumery shop on the Place des Terreaux , but these gentlemen soon discovered their mistake and were profuse of apologies . On another occasion an officer of the Third Hussars imagined she was a certain Nana he had known ...
Alphonse Daudet. fumery shop on the Place des Terreaux , but these gentlemen soon discovered their mistake and were profuse of apologies . On another occasion an officer of the Third Hussars imagined she was a certain Nana he had known ...
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... soon pass over . " And while performing her various duties , she was say- ing to herself : " What an idea , to take that child to the Fathers ! As if that were the place for one in his position ! This never would have happened if I had ...
... soon pass over . " And while performing her various duties , she was say- ing to herself : " What an idea , to take that child to the Fathers ! As if that were the place for one in his position ! This never would have happened if I had ...
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... soon proved that she did . She spoke in a high - pitched peremptory voice , did not conceal the fact that the choice of a school had been left entirely to her discretion , and every time she pronounced the name of her mistress , it was ...
... soon proved that she did . She spoke in a high - pitched peremptory voice , did not conceal the fact that the choice of a school had been left entirely to her discretion , and every time she pronounced the name of her mistress , it was ...
Page 37
... soon as the sum had been mentioned , Moronval began his harangue . Three thousand francs ! It did seem a consider- able sum . Yes , indeed ! He was the first to admit that fact , but then , the Gymnase Moronval was quite different from ...
... soon as the sum had been mentioned , Moronval began his harangue . Three thousand francs ! It did seem a consider- able sum . Yes , indeed ! He was the first to admit that fact , but then , the Gymnase Moronval was quite different from ...
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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.