Jack, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1900 - 409 pages |
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... smile , her shallowness , this voluble , volatile creature is a very typical bit of femininity . Daudet's delineation of the Modern Woman has gone deeper than the mere surface . His types are various , but each one adds something to our ...
... smile , her shallowness , this voluble , volatile creature is a very typical bit of femininity . Daudet's delineation of the Modern Woman has gone deeper than the mere surface . His types are various , but each one adds something to our ...
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... smile , she is far more terrible than Sidonie or Sappho this mother in name merely , the unconscious cause of her son's life - long martyrdom , his Nemesis and final executioner . Why is she so terrible ? Because of that accident or ...
... smile , she is far more terrible than Sidonie or Sappho this mother in name merely , the unconscious cause of her son's life - long martyrdom , his Nemesis and final executioner . Why is she so terrible ? Because of that accident or ...
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... smiling in spite of himself at this volubility of speech , and her incessant jumping from one idea to another . " And after ' Jack ' what shall we write ? " VOL . I. I Leaning upon his desk where he had been writ- ing INDRET Part II.
... smiling in spite of himself at this volubility of speech , and her incessant jumping from one idea to another . " And after ' Jack ' what shall we write ? " VOL . I. I Leaning upon his desk where he had been writ- ing INDRET Part II.
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... smiling , lighted by clear , naïve eyes , and very white teeth , which were displayed upon every possible occasion . This mobility of her features was extreme , and something in her amiable physi ognomy , perhaps it was the lower lip ...
... smiling , lighted by clear , naïve eyes , and very white teeth , which were displayed upon every possible occasion . This mobility of her features was extreme , and something in her amiable physi ognomy , perhaps it was the lower lip ...
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... smile , which seemed somewhat forced , above all , the torrent of words poured forth as if she sought to shelter herself behind them , and conceal an embarrassment caused by some hidden thought , all these things made the priest ...
... smile , which seemed somewhat forced , above all , the torrent of words poured forth as if she sought to shelter herself behind them , and conceal an embarrassment caused by some hidden thought , all these things made the priest ...
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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...