The white lie, Tema 129,Volumen2 |
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... never spending it . It was just at the juncture when all these business transactions had been satisfactorily arranged , and legal documents had been signed , sealed , and delivered with an iteration most puzzling to the uninitiated ...
... never spending it . It was just at the juncture when all these business transactions had been satisfactorily arranged , and legal documents had been signed , sealed , and delivered with an iteration most puzzling to the uninitiated ...
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... never so shattered and dis- located as it is by reaction - by those great and subversive changes , be they from happiness to misery , or even conversely , from woe to bliss , which steal upon us unexpectedly , and over- whelm us without ...
... never so shattered and dis- located as it is by reaction - by those great and subversive changes , be they from happiness to misery , or even conversely , from woe to bliss , which steal upon us unexpectedly , and over- whelm us without ...
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... never come near me day after day , and I may add , week after week . " 66 " And when I do , I don't find much induce- ment to come again , I can tell you . Incessant whining don't suit me , and never did . " Then you should not cause it ...
... never come near me day after day , and I may add , week after week . " 66 " And when I do , I don't find much induce- ment to come again , I can tell you . Incessant whining don't suit me , and never did . " Then you should not cause it ...
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... never communicate this matter to Percival or your sister . Swear to me that you will never incidentally even allude to the topic in their presence , and I am yours to do your bidding , and to set about it at once . " " Elton , I need ...
... never communicate this matter to Percival or your sister . Swear to me that you will never incidentally even allude to the topic in their presence , and I am yours to do your bidding , and to set about it at once . " " Elton , I need ...
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... never seen them before ; and perhaps no higher tribute was ever paid to their beauty than the involuntary exclamation of surprise . which escaped him as he reached a rocky head- land , to which , as being likely to command an extensive ...
... never seen them before ; and perhaps no higher tribute was ever paid to their beauty than the involuntary exclamation of surprise . which escaped him as he reached a rocky head- land , to which , as being likely to command an extensive ...
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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...
Página 79 - I want you to do something for me. Will you do something for me ? Maria?
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.