Jack, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1900 - 409 pages |
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Page viii
... letter from Jack's physi- cian brought a painful reminder of his protégé's existence . " Jack " was very ill , the letter stated , and begged for some news of his mother . To the mother also an appeal was sent , but no reply . " Jack ...
... letter from Jack's physi- cian brought a painful reminder of his protégé's existence . " Jack " was very ill , the letter stated , and begged for some news of his mother . To the mother also an appeal was sent , but no reply . " Jack ...
Page 30
... letters upon the arched grating of the gateway announced pompously that the Institution Moronval was situated here , but once the entrance was passed , one set foot in the black , infected indestructible mud which recent building and ...
... letters upon the arched grating of the gateway announced pompously that the Institution Moronval was situated here , but once the entrance was passed , one set foot in the black , infected indestructible mud which recent building and ...
Page 80
Alphonse Daudet. " When Mâdou go back to Dahomey , him write nice little letter to Father with Stick , make him come to Dahomey , chop off him head , in big copper basin , with him skin cover big war - drum , and go fight Ashantees . Zim ...
Alphonse Daudet. " When Mâdou go back to Dahomey , him write nice little letter to Father with Stick , make him come to Dahomey , chop off him head , in big copper basin , with him skin cover big war - drum , and go fight Ashantees . Zim ...
Page 99
... letter by letter , and the most difficult ones grated with terrible force as they entered . What heightened the fatigue of the listeners 123953B was the instructive and terrifying appearance of Madame Moronval - A Literary Gathering . 99.
... letter by letter , and the most difficult ones grated with terrible force as they entered . What heightened the fatigue of the listeners 123953B was the instructive and terrifying appearance of Madame Moronval - A Literary Gathering . 99.
Page 102
... an unhappy love affair with a great lady , the letters shown to the husband by a jealous marquise . She insisted upon all the details , and while the two whispered together , bringing their arm - chairs nearer , the 102 Jack .
... an unhappy love affair with a great lady , the letters shown to the husband by a jealous marquise . She insisted upon all the details , and while the two whispered together , bringing their arm - chairs nearer , the 102 Jack .
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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...