Jack, Volume 1Little, Brown & Company, 1900 - French literature |
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... trees , and impurpled with the last glow of the winter sun ; he tapped one of the panes lightly . A dark outline passed before the windows , and almost immediately a young priest appeared in the study . " My good Duffieux , " said the ...
... trees , and impurpled with the last glow of the winter sun ; he tapped one of the panes lightly . A dark outline passed before the windows , and almost immediately a young priest appeared in the study . " My good Duffieux , " said the ...
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... trees and the peaceful luxuriousness of those lofty avenues , of which it was the reverse side , squalid and turbulent . In the midst of this picturesque ensemble , the Gymnase Moronval was not out of place . Several times a day there ...
... trees and the peaceful luxuriousness of those lofty avenues , of which it was the reverse side , squalid and turbulent . In the midst of this picturesque ensemble , the Gymnase Moronval was not out of place . Several times a day there ...
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... tree , with that gregarious instinct that winter and scarcity of food awakens , were startled at the sound , flew away , and alighted upon a neighboring roof . No one appeared to answer the bell , but whisper- ing could be heard behind ...
... tree , with that gregarious instinct that winter and scarcity of food awakens , were startled at the sound , flew away , and alighted upon a neighboring roof . No one appeared to answer the bell , but whisper- ing could be heard behind ...
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... trees , the warm air of the greenhouses , and that atmosphere of friendliness and study and repose in which he seemed bathed when the Rector's hand had rested upon his head for a moment . Oh ! why had he not remained there ? And this ...
... trees , the warm air of the greenhouses , and that atmosphere of friendliness and study and repose in which he seemed bathed when the Rector's hand had rested upon his head for a moment . Oh ! why had he not remained there ? And this ...
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... tree - top to tree - top at a single bound and great mysterious ponds that had never reflected the skies , looking like mirrors in the immense forest , seemed to extend under- ground their green depths traversed by trails of light ...
... tree - top to tree - top at a single bound and great mysterious ponds that had never reflected the skies , looking like mirrors in the immense forest , seemed to extend under- ground their green depths traversed by trails of light ...
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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.