Jack, Volume 1Little, Brown & Company, 1900 - French literature |
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... Constant had purchased his outfit . It was all settled , and everything was in readiness . How he had trembled night and day at thought of the prison from which no one was willing to deliver him and now at the last moment - a reprieve ...
... Constant had purchased his outfit . It was all settled , and everything was in readiness . How he had trembled night and day at thought of the prison from which no one was willing to deliver him and now at the last moment - a reprieve ...
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... Constant will scold me ! " She was not mistaken . Her maid and general factotum in one , a tall , stout person about forty years of age , ugly and masculine in appearance , hastened to meet her mistress the moment she entered the house ...
... Constant will scold me ! " She was not mistaken . Her maid and general factotum in one , a tall , stout person about forty years of age , ugly and masculine in appearance , hastened to meet her mistress the moment she entered the house ...
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... Constant acquitted herself of all these duties after the manner of a woman accustomed to crises of this sort . She went to and fro in the cham- ber , opening and closing closet - doors , with the fine unconcern born of experience , her ...
... Constant acquitted herself of all these duties after the manner of a woman accustomed to crises of this sort . She went to and fro in the cham- ber , opening and closing closet - doors , with the fine unconcern born of experience , her ...
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... Constant threw a warm opera - cloak over her shoulders and accompanied her mistress to the carriage , while Jack ... Constant . " She will dine with you , " said the mother . In the dining - room , which seemed only too large upon such ...
... Constant threw a warm opera - cloak over her shoulders and accompanied her mistress to the carriage , while Jack ... Constant . " She will dine with you , " said the mother . In the dining - room , which seemed only too large upon such ...
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... Constant protested . To be sure , she had not made her religion , but she did not wish to hear others abuse it . Then the conver- sation turned upon something else , to Jack's great disappointment , for he had listened with open ears ...
... Constant protested . To be sure , she had not made her religion , but she did not wish to hear others abuse it . Then the conver- sation turned upon something else , to Jack's great disappointment , for he had listened with open ears ...
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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...
Page xxiv - Did we think victory great ? So it is — but now it seems to me, when it cannot be help'd, that defeat is great, And that death and dismay are great.
Page 285 - ... workman, is no longer what it used to be ; oh, no ! not at all the same thing, not at all. You must know that the time- of the working-man has now come. The middle classes have had their day, the aristocracy likewise. Although, I must say, the aristocracy- Moreover, is it not more natural at your age, to allow yourself to be guided by those who love you, and who are experienced ? " A sob from the child interrupted her. " Then you too send me away; you too send me away.