Jack, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1900 - 409 pages |
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... constantly varying , many- sided problem . Except George Meredith and Balzac , no modern novelist , perhaps , has handled this topic more skilfully , or with greater variety . He has shown us in Claire Fromont the dignity of wifehood ...
... constantly varying , many- sided problem . Except George Meredith and Balzac , no modern novelist , perhaps , has handled this topic more skilfully , or with greater variety . He has shown us in Claire Fromont the dignity of wifehood ...
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... constant talkativeness , perhaps the narrow forehead , bordered by the glossy bands of her hair , indicated the absence of reflection , and explained those open parentheses of such frequent occurrence in the conversation of this pretty ...
... constant talkativeness , perhaps the narrow forehead , bordered by the glossy bands of her hair , indicated the absence of reflection , and explained those open parentheses of such frequent occurrence in the conversation of this pretty ...
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... Constant , her maid . " Provincial cocotte , " observed this person dis- dainfully . It is true that one evening at the Gymnase Theatre , two tradesmen of Lyons fan- cied they recognized in her a certain Mélanie Tavrot , who had ...
... Constant , her maid . " Provincial cocotte , " observed this person dis- dainfully . It is true that one evening at the Gymnase Theatre , two tradesmen of Lyons fan- cied they recognized in her a certain Mélanie Tavrot , who had ...
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... constantly . Rich she certainly was , or at least , she was sup- ported in luxury . A little establishment , on the Boulevard Haussmann had been rented for her . She had horses , carriages , gorgeous furniture in questionable taste ...
... constantly . Rich she certainly was , or at least , she was sup- ported in luxury . A little establishment , on the Boulevard Haussmann had been rented for her . She had horses , carriages , gorgeous furniture in questionable taste ...
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... Constant , general factotum and the only really influential person in the house . She it was who gave her mistress the addresses of all the tradesmen , guiding her inex- perience , ignorant of Parisian life and fine society , for the ...
... Constant , general factotum and the only really influential person in the house . She it was who gave her mistress the addresses of all the tradesmen , guiding her inex- perience , ignorant of Parisian life and fine society , for the ...
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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...