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... Joan's nurse was leaning over the hammock . Maud seized her husband's arm , and Mrs. Simon rose more slowly . She disliked fusses . Nurse had taken Joan up , and was seeking to unloose the close - fitting lace cap , as she held the ...
... Joan's nurse was leaning over the hammock . Maud seized her husband's arm , and Mrs. Simon rose more slowly . She disliked fusses . Nurse had taken Joan up , and was seeking to unloose the close - fitting lace cap , as she held the ...
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... Joan's got ze window wight onto her fwock , and her arms and her legs and eveywhere ! " But to Sir Alan the ... Joan and her constant com- panion Réné . Here up in the old tower , it was no longer ridiculous to talk of the old days , to ...
... Joan's got ze window wight onto her fwock , and her arms and her legs and eveywhere ! " But to Sir Alan the ... Joan and her constant com- panion Réné . Here up in the old tower , it was no longer ridiculous to talk of the old days , to ...
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... Joan trotted up to him soberly , and after looking at him with intense curiosity , remarked as if she had dis- covered the solution of her infantile problem , “ It's only boys what makes zat missible noise ! " About the same period the ...
... Joan trotted up to him soberly , and after looking at him with intense curiosity , remarked as if she had dis- covered the solution of her infantile problem , “ It's only boys what makes zat missible noise ! " About the same period the ...
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... Joan's happiness . The uneasy warmth of the pony's hide was as comfortable to her as the creaking slipperiness of ... Joan . " Do you mean it is the frock that is the difficulty ? " quoth he in answer to remonstrance . " Nothin ...
... Joan's happiness . The uneasy warmth of the pony's hide was as comfortable to her as the creaking slipperiness of ... Joan . " Do you mean it is the frock that is the difficulty ? " quoth he in answer to remonstrance . " Nothin ...
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... Joan's impatient hand swept the hair backward , and was still more visible when she frowned . A decided boniness of temple and cheek spoiled any possible repu- tation for accepted prettiness , and it was likely that Joan would go ...
... Joan's impatient hand swept the hair backward , and was still more visible when she frowned . A decided boniness of temple and cheek spoiled any possible repu- tation for accepted prettiness , and it was likely that Joan would go ...
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Página 314 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Página 314 - I say, brethren, the time is short : it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none ; and they that weep, as though they wept not ; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not ; and they that buy, as though they possessed not ; and they that use this world, as though they used it not :: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Página 345 - Work while it is called to-day ' — ' Speak while it is called today' — ' The night cometh when no man can work, and thy tongue shall be silent in the dust.
Página 53 - For better for worse, for richer for poorer, till death us do part," is no longer the sole and solemn bond of matrimony.
Página 70 - Jack, rising to his feet and rubbing his eyes; "you would have done the same if you had been in my place.
Página 123 - But would the smooth-spoken visitor have declared that he knew everything, if he had not really penetrated the mystery of her life ? It was scarcely probable. He had implored her to accept the property, if not for her own sake at least for the sake of another. And when she asked him whom he meant he had answered, " Mademoiselle Marguerite," but he was undoubtedly thinking of Wilkie.
Página 315 - ... the following extract from one of her communications to Mr. Johns, written shortly before her last imprisonment . — " Blessed be God, who hath given us access by our Lord Jesus Christ. My earnest prayer to God is, that he would enable me to obey the words of Jesus to his disciples, Matt. xvi. 24. ' If any man desire to come after me, let him deny himself,
Página 110 - I SUPPOSE there is no just cause or impediment why you should not go out golfing with me this morning ? " asked Bridget, one bright Saturday in November.