Jack, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1900 - 409 pages |
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Alphonse Daudet. tion plays so large a part in his work , he first lived the events that later took literary shape in his brain . It is characteristic of Daudet that he suddenly becomes so possessed with the idea of Jack , that to follow ...
Alphonse Daudet. tion plays so large a part in his work , he first lived the events that later took literary shape in his brain . It is characteristic of Daudet that he suddenly becomes so possessed with the idea of Jack , that to follow ...
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... lived together . She had given him teachers at home , and only desired to separate him from her- self because his wide - awake eyes and the rapid growth of his intelligence compelled her to take extra precautions . The priest replied ...
... lived together . She had given him teachers at home , and only desired to separate him from her- self because his wide - awake eyes and the rapid growth of his intelligence compelled her to take extra precautions . The priest replied ...
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... lived for some time in the house , where both made themselves useful by teaching . But Moronval had retained from the days of his adversity the habits of a lounger , a frequenter of cafés , and a whole troop of Bohemian companions , who ...
... lived for some time in the house , where both made themselves useful by teaching . But Moronval had retained from the days of his adversity the habits of a lounger , a frequenter of cafés , and a whole troop of Bohemian companions , who ...
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... lived at Tours . It is so lovely there . We lived on the Mall , and every day we went out walking in the Rue Royale , where there are delicious cakes , and ever so many officers in fine uniforms . Oh , I did have such a good time . From ...
... lived at Tours . It is so lovely there . We lived on the Mall , and every day we went out walking in the Rue Royale , where there are delicious cakes , and ever so many officers in fine uniforms . Oh , I did have such a good time . From ...
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... lived , the poor woman was ready to abandon everything , awaiting but a word from d'Argenton to desert Bon ami . " You shall see , " she said , " I will help you . And I shall not be wholly a burden . I shall always have a little money ...
... lived , the poor woman was ready to abandon everything , awaiting but a word from d'Argenton to desert Bon ami . " You shall see , " she said , " I will help you . And I shall not be wholly a burden . I shall always have a little money ...
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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...