The white lie, Tema 129,Volumen2 |
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... woman can trust , in spite of past negligence , and in defiance of old experiences . Another tale it also told , which he might have learned before , had he taken the trouble to read the teeming volume of fears and regrets which ...
... woman can trust , in spite of past negligence , and in defiance of old experiences . Another tale it also told , which he might have learned before , had he taken the trouble to read the teeming volume of fears and regrets which ...
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... old woman busily engaged in knitting , whilst her eyes wan- dered listlessly from her worsted tracery to the pages of an open Bible which lay on her lap before her . One glance at that huge red cloak and ponderous gingham umbrella , and ...
... old woman busily engaged in knitting , whilst her eyes wan- dered listlessly from her worsted tracery to the pages of an open Bible which lay on her lap before her . One glance at that huge red cloak and ponderous gingham umbrella , and ...
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... greeted this salutation . It was a direct disclaimer of the past , and of the associations which he connected with it ; so stolid was it and impressive that he almost feared the old woman was in her dotage , THE MASKED JOURNEY . 53.
... greeted this salutation . It was a direct disclaimer of the past , and of the associations which he connected with it ; so stolid was it and impressive that he almost feared the old woman was in her dotage , THE MASKED JOURNEY . 53.
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F Devonshire (pseud?) almost feared the old woman was in her dotage , and consequently unable to undergo the cross- examination , to which he proposed to subject her , with any practical result ! Presently she spoke with the sharp ...
F Devonshire (pseud?) almost feared the old woman was in her dotage , and consequently unable to undergo the cross- examination , to which he proposed to subject her , with any practical result ! Presently she spoke with the sharp ...
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... old woman's frame , as she bent over him and read the verse which his finger indicated . Then rising from her seat , with her tall figure drawn up to its full grim and impregnable fortalice , carrying one back to the THE MASKED JOURNEY .
... old woman's frame , as she bent over him and read the verse which his finger indicated . Then rising from her seat , with her tall figure drawn up to its full grim and impregnable fortalice , carrying one back to the THE MASKED JOURNEY .
Términos y frases comunes
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
Pasajes populares
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.