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... young companion , told to him in the forest of Sénart , afterwards retold to the world as Daudet alone could tell it - the story of Jack . His real name we do not know , for he had none - this is the story of little No - name , the mere ...
... young companion , told to him in the forest of Sénart , afterwards retold to the world as Daudet alone could tell it - the story of Jack . His real name we do not know , for he had none - this is the story of little No - name , the mere ...
Page viii
... young exile . His health did not mend rapidly , but the freedom of his new life was a joy and inspiration . Writing to Daudet at this time of all he felt , he says , naïvely : " It seems to me as if I were in Heaven ! " Then came the ...
... young exile . His health did not mend rapidly , but the freedom of his new life was a joy and inspiration . Writing to Daudet at this time of all he felt , he says , naïvely : " It seems to me as if I were in Heaven ! " Then came the ...
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... young woman seated before him , her Jack ( with a K ) standing at her side . She was an elegant creature , irreproachably gowned , in the very height of fashion - it was then December , 1858 ; the softness of her furs , the richness of ...
... young woman seated before him , her Jack ( with a K ) standing at her side . She was an elegant creature , irreproachably gowned , in the very height of fashion - it was then December , 1858 ; the softness of her furs , the richness of ...
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... young for his years , though his tall figure and vigorous neck made it look incongruous enough . The boy's chilled , muscular calves shot beyond his grotesque attire with all the awkwardness of grow- ing youth in revolt . They troubled ...
... young for his years , though his tall figure and vigorous neck made it look incongruous enough . The boy's chilled , muscular calves shot beyond his grotesque attire with all the awkwardness of grow- ing youth in revolt . They troubled ...
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... 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 little fellow is growing tired . " Jack was certain ...
... 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 little fellow is growing tired . " Jack was certain ...
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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.