Jack, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1900 - 409 pages |
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... seated before him , her Jack ( with a K ) standing at her side . She was an elegant creature , irreproachably gowned , in the very height of fashion - it was then December , 1858 ; the softness of her furs , the richness of her black ...
... seated before him , her Jack ( with a K ) standing at her side . She was an elegant creature , irreproachably gowned , in the very height of fashion - it was then December , 1858 ; the softness of her furs , the richness of her black ...
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... Seated at the end of the table , overcome by the heat of the kitchen and the interminable discus- sions of these beasts , with his face resting upon his arm , his golden curls outspread upon his In that con- velvet sleeves , he grew ...
... Seated at the end of the table , overcome by the heat of the kitchen and the interminable discus- sions of these beasts , with his face resting upon his arm , his golden curls outspread upon his In that con- velvet sleeves , he grew ...
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... seated before the fire , and having bowed , the three ex- changed speechless glances of delight and amaze- ment . Mademoiselle Constant thought that this d'Argenton's bearing was very grand ; upon Jack he made an indefinable impression ...
... seated before the fire , and having bowed , the three ex- changed speechless glances of delight and amaze- ment . Mademoiselle Constant thought that this d'Argenton's bearing was very grand ; upon Jack he made an indefinable impression ...
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... seated in state in the parlor , perched upon all those titles and de's which she bestowed indiscriminately upon her friends and acquaintances , thereby adding lustre to her own nobility , Madame Moronval - Decostère said to her with ...
... seated in state in the parlor , perched upon all those titles and de's which she bestowed indiscriminately upon her friends and acquaintances , thereby adding lustre to her own nobility , Madame Moronval - Decostère said to her with ...
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... seated themselves upon the benches , the blond curls of little de Barancy gleaming like sunlight against that sombre background of swarthy faces . ---- Moronval had sent out numerous invitations in the literary and artistic world that ...
... seated themselves upon the benches , the blond curls of little de Barancy gleaming like sunlight against that sombre background of swarthy faces . ---- Moronval had sent out numerous invitations in the literary and artistic world that ...
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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...