Jack, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1900 - 409 pages |
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Page 43
... Hirsch , professor of mathe- matics and natural sciences . He exhaled a strong odor of alkali , and , owing to divers chemical manipulations , his fingers presented a multicolored appearance , yellow , green , blue , and red . The last ...
... Hirsch , professor of mathe- matics and natural sciences . He exhaled a strong odor of alkali , and , owing to divers chemical manipulations , his fingers presented a multicolored appearance , yellow , green , blue , and red . The last ...
Page 44
... Hirsch and the singer La- bassindre . A gleam lighted his cold eye , but it closed again after a circular glance directed towards the child and his maid . Then he approached the other professors seated before the fire , and having bowed ...
... Hirsch and the singer La- bassindre . A gleam lighted his cold eye , but it closed again after a circular glance directed towards the child and his maid . Then he approached the other professors seated before the fire , and having bowed ...
Page 61
... Hirsch , his stained and spotted overcoat , the child saw them still , and above all , ah , above all , the blue eye of the Enemy , haughty , ironic and glacial . This last vision plunged him into such terror that involuntarily he ...
... Hirsch , his stained and spotted overcoat , the child saw them still , and above all , ah , above all , the blue eye of the Enemy , haughty , ironic and glacial . This last vision plunged him into such terror that involuntarily he ...
Page 75
... a grand scale in large class - rooms where she fancied she saw innumerable mats black with little pupils squatted upon them . Dr. Hirsch's dream was still more remarkable , for he fancied he Little King Mâdou - Ghezô . 75.
... a grand scale in large class - rooms where she fancied she saw innumerable mats black with little pupils squatted upon them . Dr. Hirsch's dream was still more remarkable , for he fancied he Little King Mâdou - Ghezô . 75.
Page 83
... Hirsch , to which he gave the name of " eglantine . " This illustrious savant , whose finances , judging by his appearance , were in a most deplorable con- dition , was a constant guest at the Moronval pen- sion . He enlivened the meals ...
... Hirsch , to which he gave the name of " eglantine . " This illustrious savant , whose finances , judging by his appearance , were in a most deplorable con- dition , was a constant guest at the Moronval pen- sion . He enlivened the meals ...
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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...