Jack, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1900 - 409 pages |
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Page vi
... , and had given him tastes out of keeping with the squalid surroundings of his life . He loved to read , and as the doctor had forbidden all manual labor he spent long days devouring vi Introduction . THE LITTLE KING.
... , and had given him tastes out of keeping with the squalid surroundings of his life . He loved to read , and as the doctor had forbidden all manual labor he spent long days devouring vi Introduction . THE LITTLE KING.
Page xxix
... KING MÂDOU - GHÉZÔ . • · • PAGE • I 29 58 IV . A LITERARY GATHERING AT THE GYMNASE MORONVAL V. SEQUEL OF THE LITERARY GATHERING AT THE 83 GYMNASE MORONVAL · · VI . THE LITTLE KING • VII . ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT NIGHT VIII . PARVA DOMUS ...
... KING MÂDOU - GHÉZÔ . • · • PAGE • I 29 58 IV . A LITERARY GATHERING AT THE GYMNASE MORONVAL V. SEQUEL OF THE LITERARY GATHERING AT THE 83 GYMNASE MORONVAL · · VI . THE LITTLE KING • VII . ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT NIGHT VIII . PARVA DOMUS ...
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... king's brother was re- ferred to thus . The child's name for Monsieur was merely " Bon ami ; " the domestics announced him loudly as " Monsieur le Comte , " and among themselves referred to him more familiarly as " her old man . " Her ...
... king's brother was re- ferred to thus . The child's name for Monsieur was merely " Bon ami ; " the domestics announced him loudly as " Monsieur le Comte , " and among themselves referred to him more familiarly as " her old man . " Her ...
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... king's son ! You hear that , Master Jack . You are to be brought up with a king's son ! " " Yes , " continued gravely the head of the in- stitution , " His Dahomeyan majesty has confided to my care the instruction of His Royal Highness ...
... king's son ! You hear that , Master Jack . You are to be brought up with a king's son ! " " Yes , " continued gravely the head of the in- stitution , " His Dahomeyan majesty has confided to my care the instruction of His Royal Highness ...
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... king has ascended the throne of his ancestors , he will remember the wise counsel , the good example set him by his teachers in Paris , the pleasant years he spent in their midst , their indefatigable care and assiduous efforts in his ...
... king has ascended the throne of his ancestors , he will remember the wise counsel , the good example set him by his teachers in Paris , the pleasant years he spent in their midst , their indefatigable care and assiduous efforts in his ...
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appearance asked Avenue Montaigne beautiful Bélisaire beûh 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 poor child pupils road Roudic Saïd seated seemed sight silence singer sleep smile solemn sort sound 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...