The white lie, Tema 129,Volumen2 |
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... knew not , but with no love to shield it from danger she knew well ? Could he obliterate from her brow the seams which care had seared there , or eradicate from her conscience the sting which was ever rankling beneath it ? Until he ...
... knew not , but with no love to shield it from danger she knew well ? Could he obliterate from her brow the seams which care had seared there , or eradicate from her conscience the sting which was ever rankling beneath it ? Until he ...
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... , and he fancied he knew how to play them without losing a trick . When , then , Alice looked timidly into his dark eyes , if haply she might read there an indication of the answer she might expect to her query 28 THE WHITE LIE .
... , and he fancied he knew how to play them without losing a trick . When , then , Alice looked timidly into his dark eyes , if haply she might read there an indication of the answer she might expect to her query 28 THE WHITE LIE .
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... knew he would be in a far worse plight than he ever was before ; and even presuming the Percivals would forego the advantage thus offered for their acceptance , out of deference to their real affection for Alice , this alternative was ...
... knew he would be in a far worse plight than he ever was before ; and even presuming the Percivals would forego the advantage thus offered for their acceptance , out of deference to their real affection for Alice , this alternative was ...
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... knew he would . be in a far worse plight than he ever was before ; and even presuming the Percivals would forego the advantage thus offered for their acceptance , out of deference to their real affection for Alice , this alternative was ...
... knew he would . be in a far worse plight than he ever was before ; and even presuming the Percivals would forego the advantage thus offered for their acceptance , out of deference to their real affection for Alice , this alternative was ...
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... knew him , might nevertheless be accepted by him as an excuse for the familiar mode in which he addressed her . " I am glad to see you again , Mrs. Cowling , " he observed ; " you seem to wear well , and to be very little changed , only ...
... knew him , might nevertheless be accepted by him as an excuse for the familiar mode in which he addressed her . " I am glad to see you again , Mrs. Cowling , " he observed ; " you seem to wear well , and to be very little changed , only ...
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affection Alice Mowbray anguish answered appearance Aylesbury ducks bad beginning Bannerley Berkshire pigs better Book caused character Charley child conceal conclusion Cowling dark dear demeanour detected doubt Elton Mowbray exclaimed experience expostulated face fact false move fancy father fear feeling Frank Foster Frickney George Curtis glance hand hear heard heart hope Howlet Howlet's Crag husband influence intelligence interest KING WILLIAM STREET knew look Lucy matter memory mental merely mind Mowbray's mysterious nature neighbourhood nerley never nurse old woman Pharoah's daughter poor present promise Prudence question regret remember replied rocks Sage scarlet fever secret smile soul speak spoke stand-up fight stared stilty sure sure as fate sympathy tears tell thing thought thrill convulsed tion told true trust turn twas utter verse voice weathercock whilst wish words
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Página 47 - Cast thy burden upon the LORD, And he shall sustain thee : He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. But thou. O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction : Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days ; But I will trust in thee.
Página 57 - And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.
Página 47 - But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
Página 181 - You know I am incapable of the weakness of jealousy, Peter; but what I have seen with my own eyes, and heard with my own ears, in this disguise, must command credit, however reluctantly granted.
Página 111 - I certify that the above is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted by the board of directors of Smaller War Plants Corporation on the 31st day of January 1944.
Página 57 - ... deluded sinner, a blinded sinner, an infatuated sinner. They thought of the verdict sometimes rendered at an inquest to which death has not given up its secret: "Died by visitation of God." Christian minds, the world over, when they heard of that untimely end, remembered God's own decree: "Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days.
Página 209 - But be careful, that India does not trust him on occasions where delicate negotiations have to be carried on with care and caution and where restraint and tact will make for success, acting on the principle that half a loaf is better than no bread. He has done wonderful work in South Africa; he has welded the different sections of Indians into one patriotic and united community, but I fear that when the history of the negotiations, which it was his privilege to carry on at one stage, is written with...
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Página 40 - Holland's speech in seconding the amendment, he came to the conclusion that there was a good deal of truth in the attitude of mind which distinguished all pronouncements from Manchester, namely, " What Lancashire says to-day England will say to-morrow.