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Page ix
... from that day when he first met him ? Had not his " double " been taking notes from the very moment of their meeting ? Though imagina . tion plays so large a part in his work , Introduction . ix BÉLISAIRE'S FIRST APPEARANCE.
... from that day when he first met him ? Had not his " double " been taking notes from the very moment of their meeting ? Though imagina . tion plays so large a part in his work , Introduction . ix BÉLISAIRE'S FIRST APPEARANCE.
Page x
Alphonse Daudet. tion plays so large a part in his work , he first lived the events that later took literary shape in his brain . It is characteristic of Daudet that he suddenly becomes so possessed with the idea of Jack , that to follow ...
Alphonse Daudet. tion plays so large a part in his work , he first lived the events that later took literary shape in his brain . It is characteristic of Daudet that he suddenly becomes so possessed with the idea of Jack , that to follow ...
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... wish , but and this is the second condi- tion , you cannot see him in the reception - room , but here in my study , where I will take care that you shall not meet any one . " She rose trembling . The thought that she would never 12 Jack .
... wish , but and this is the second condi- tion , you cannot see him in the reception - room , but here in my study , where I will take care that you shall not meet any one . " She rose trembling . The thought that she would never 12 Jack .
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... 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 Almighty what she had done that she should ...
... 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 Almighty what she had done that she should ...
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... tion from his wife , was delivered all the more rapidly because his Creole tongue clipped half the words , suppressing all the r's in his discourse , say- ing " pofesseu de littéatu " for " professor of litera- ture " and " philanth ...
... tion from his wife , was delivered all the more rapidly because his Creole tongue clipped half the words , suppressing all the r's in his discourse , say- ing " pofesseu de littéatu " for " professor of litera- ture " and " philanth ...
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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.