Jack, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1900 - 409 pages |
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Page xii
... light upon the sub- ject , yet his narrative never becomes the mere itinerary of scenes and events . " Un livre de pitié , de colère , et d'ironie , " says Daudet of Jack in this dedication to Gustave Flaubert , and that Flaubert found ...
... light upon the sub- ject , yet his narrative never becomes the mere itinerary of scenes and events . " Un livre de pitié , de colère , et d'ironie , " says Daudet of Jack in this dedication to Gustave Flaubert , and that Flaubert found ...
Page xiii
... light is hardly the way to achieve an overwhelming popu- lar success ; a " book of pity , of anger , and of irony , " is an uncertain power with which to con- jure the multitudes . Jack can never appeal to the lovers of pleasing fiction ...
... light is hardly the way to achieve an overwhelming popu- lar success ; a " book of pity , of anger , and of irony , " is an uncertain power with which to con- jure the multitudes . Jack can never appeal to the lovers of pleasing fiction ...
Page xvii
... light gloves and the Olympian brow , the curled , pommaded , perfumed élégant whose touching line : " For I believe in Love as I believe in God , " is the enticing bait which tempts the little bourgeoise to nibble . In that sketch ...
... light gloves and the Olympian brow , the curled , pommaded , perfumed élégant whose touching line : " For I believe in Love as I believe in God , " is the enticing bait which tempts the little bourgeoise to nibble . In that sketch ...
Page xviii
Alphonse Daudet. wearies even of a poet who wears light gloves and believes in love as he believes in God ! and after a season returns to her legitimate protector , a wiser if not a better woman . But in the " book of irony " Daudet ...
Alphonse Daudet. wearies even of a poet who wears light gloves and believes in love as he believes in God ! and after a season returns to her legitimate protector , a wiser if not a better woman . But in the " book of irony " Daudet ...
Page xxvi
... light is come upon the dark , benighted way , he is not content with his own achievement , cannot leave it there . He mounts the pulpit , and pounds it vigorously , with that clarion : " Dead , your majesty . Dead , my lords and ...
... light is come upon the dark , benighted way , he is not content with his own achievement , cannot leave it there . He mounts the pulpit , and pounds it vigorously , with that clarion : " Dead , your majesty . Dead , my lords and ...
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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...