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Page viii
... took leave of Daudet and his wife , never to meet them again . In Algiers a friend of Daudet's opened his doors wide to the young exile . His health did not mend rapidly , but the freedom of his new life was a joy and inspiration ...
... took leave of Daudet and his wife , never to meet them again . In Algiers a friend of Daudet's opened his doors wide to the young exile . His health did not mend rapidly , but the freedom of his new life was a joy and inspiration ...
Page x
... 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 the latter's fortunes he flings aside the work at which he had been so busily engaged . And ...
... 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 the latter's fortunes he flings aside the work at which he had been so busily engaged . And ...
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... took her hand timidly and pressed it against his lips with all the fervor of a lover . She started , and gazed at him distractedly . " Ah ! cruel , cruel child , how much pain you have caused me since you came into the world ! " Jack ...
... took her hand timidly and pressed it against his lips with all the fervor of a lover . She started , and gazed at him distractedly . " Ah ! cruel , cruel child , how much pain you have caused me since you came into the world ! " Jack ...
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... took their plates into the kitchen , and they dined in the basement in company with the servants . A regular orgy it was . The greasy , stained table , loaded with food , was as disorderly as the hilarity of the guests . Of course the ...
... took their plates into the kitchen , and they dined in the basement in company with the servants . A regular orgy it was . The greasy , stained table , loaded with food , was as disorderly as the hilarity of the guests . Of course the ...
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... took the boy to that school every day , and the master , a kind of half - breed , used to give me prospectuses . I ought to have one about me still . " He hunted in his pocket - book , among some old dingy papers which he spread upon ...
... took the boy to that school every day , and the master , a kind of half - breed , used to give me prospectuses . I ought to have one about me still . " He hunted in his pocket - book , among some old dingy papers which he spread upon ...
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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.