The white lie, Tema 129,Volumen2 |
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... question , whilst he seated himself at the table , and proceeded to open his own correspondence , with the languid air of a man who is in the habit of receiving advertisements by every post to guide him in that peculiar line of ...
... question , whilst he seated himself at the table , and proceeded to open his own correspondence , with the languid air of a man who is in the habit of receiving advertisements by every post to guide him in that peculiar line of ...
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... question , though it belied his previous assertion , in all human pro- bability effected a cure , where expostulations and arguments , entreaties , and strictures would have alike failed . We have all seen the miraculous , almost in ...
... question , though it belied his previous assertion , in all human pro- bability effected a cure , where expostulations and arguments , entreaties , and strictures would have alike failed . We have all seen the miraculous , almost in ...
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... question , " he answered quickly . But then , seeing the dis- tressed expression which developed itself on her countenance when she heard this summary re- jection of her wish , he decided on a compromise which would ostensibly yield the ...
... question , " he answered quickly . But then , seeing the dis- tressed expression which developed itself on her countenance when she heard this summary re- jection of her wish , he decided on a compromise which would ostensibly yield the ...
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... question of pounds , shillings , and pence , he thought , and he was prepared to pay hand- somely for a solution of his wife's doubts , provided they were solved in his own way . Like other men with interested motives in the background ...
... question of pounds , shillings , and pence , he thought , and he was prepared to pay hand- somely for a solution of his wife's doubts , provided they were solved in his own way . Like other men with interested motives in the background ...
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... question , ' she replied , " for then Sage will be here . why are you going to town again ? " she pre- sently asked , for a dark suspicion flitted across her mind , that , after all , his display of acquies- cence was merely meant as a ...
... question , ' she replied , " for then Sage will be here . why are you going to town again ? " she pre- sently asked , for a dark suspicion flitted across her mind , that , after all , his display of acquies- cence was merely meant as a ...
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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.