Jack, Volume 1 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 34
Page v
... lost in that great stream of human life that overflows the pavements of the mighty city . Clothed in picturesque rags , it might per- haps have served some artist in search of a model , but the novelist could scarcely have singled out ...
... lost in that great stream of human life that overflows the pavements of the mighty city . Clothed in picturesque rags , it might per- haps have served some artist in search of a model , but the novelist could scarcely have singled out ...
Page xv
... lost , abortive , any of Life's numerous miscarriages or misfits . ) What a host of these Ratés wander through the pages of Jack ! — all Bohemia is for a time depopulated . Here are the Chauvins , the Delobelles , the Micawbers of ...
... lost , abortive , any of Life's numerous miscarriages or misfits . ) What a host of these Ratés wander through the pages of Jack ! — all Bohemia is for a time depopulated . Here are the Chauvins , the Delobelles , the Micawbers of ...
Page 3
... lost their expression of astonish- ment . The child's face , on the contrary , was thoughtful in expression , wore a meditative air which would have been disquieting but for a cer- tain indolence in his attitude , a droop of the Mother ...
... lost their expression of astonish- ment . The child's face , on the contrary , was thoughtful in expression , wore a meditative air which would have been disquieting but for a cer- tain indolence in his attitude , a droop of the Mother ...
Page 10
... lost , pausing only for breath , breaking the connecting thread at each step without once pausing to consider how she would find her way out of the labyrinth . The name of Barancy was not her own . Oh ! if she were to tell him her real ...
... lost , pausing only for breath , breaking the connecting thread at each step without once pausing to consider how she would find her way out of the labyrinth . The name of Barancy was not her own . Oh ! if she were to tell him her real ...
Page 16
... lost a slightly shamefaced air , had at times a certain timidity , doubtless , a legacy of her life in the provinces , which understand better than Paris how to defend themselves against women of this stamp . This air , and a certain ...
... lost a slightly shamefaced air , had at times a certain timidity , doubtless , a legacy of her life in the provinces , which understand better than Paris how to defend themselves against women of this stamp . This air , and a certain ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
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...