The white lie, Tema 129,Volumen2 |
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... rock , prior to the erection of a range of con- servatories and hothouses , which were to be heated by flues issuing from a series of subter- ranean compartments hewn underneath . Here a large staff of workmen were busily engaged , and ...
... rock , prior to the erection of a range of con- servatories and hothouses , which were to be heated by flues issuing from a series of subter- ranean compartments hewn underneath . Here a large staff of workmen were busily engaged , and ...
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... rock and the difficulty of cutting through the solid blocks of blue elvin , with the necessary uniformity which the work required , apparently had a long and laborious undertaking before them . Nothing at present was completed , with ...
... rock and the difficulty of cutting through the solid blocks of blue elvin , with the necessary uniformity which the work required , apparently had a long and laborious undertaking before them . Nothing at present was completed , with ...
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... rocks were well known to tourists and artists , but Elton Mow . bray had 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 ...
... rocks were well known to tourists and artists , but Elton Mow . bray had 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 ...
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... rocks without any valley intervening to break their uniformity ; but from the vantage spot he now occupied he could decry the outlines of the village behind , with its tumble - down houses , quaint and soft from their dilapidation and ...
... rocks without any valley intervening to break their uniformity ; but from the vantage spot he now occupied he could decry the outlines of the village behind , with its tumble - down houses , quaint and soft from their dilapidation and ...
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... rocks below it , or the still wilder moorland in the back - ground . But there were other contrasts even yet more strong and vivid , for white Aylesbury ducks were waddling about the afore - named lawn , and high above them , suspended ...
... rocks below it , or the still wilder moorland in the back - ground . But there were other contrasts even yet more strong and vivid , for white Aylesbury ducks were waddling about the afore - named lawn , and high above them , suspended ...
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
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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.