Cameos: Short StoriesHutchinson & Company, 1896 - 359 páginas |
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Página xi
... THE WORLD'S WONDERS 197 ANGEL'S WICKEDNESS . 210 THE DISTANT VOICE 230 THE WITHERING OF A ROSE 246 TINY TRAMPS · . 289 THE SONG OF MIRIAM 300 THE SOUL OF THE NEWLY BORN 324 CAMEOS . GOD'S LIGHT ON THE MOUNTAINS . AN ALLEGORY xi.
... THE WORLD'S WONDERS 197 ANGEL'S WICKEDNESS . 210 THE DISTANT VOICE 230 THE WITHERING OF A ROSE 246 TINY TRAMPS · . 289 THE SONG OF MIRIAM 300 THE SOUL OF THE NEWLY BORN 324 CAMEOS . GOD'S LIGHT ON THE MOUNTAINS . AN ALLEGORY xi.
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... voice broke into sudden clamour : " Oh lady ! " she cried , " for the love of God a trifle ! Oh lady , lady ! But the lady , ' with a contemptuous sniff and a shake of her scented garments , passed her before she could continue her ...
... voice broke into sudden clamour : " Oh lady ! " she cried , " for the love of God a trifle ! Oh lady , lady ! But the lady , ' with a contemptuous sniff and a shake of her scented garments , passed her before she could continue her ...
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... voice trembled ; she opened her purse and placed a half - crown in the hand of the astonished supplicant . " You are happier than I am ; perhaps you will pray for me ! I am very lonely ! " Then dropping her long crape veil so that it ...
... voice trembled ; she opened her purse and placed a half - crown in the hand of the astonished supplicant . " You are happier than I am ; perhaps you will pray for me ! I am very lonely ! " Then dropping her long crape veil so that it ...
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... voice softened involuntarily , " is fast asleep ; it's a pity to wake it , that's all . It will cry and fret all night , and - and I would make it warm and comfortable if you'd let me . " She raised her eyes hopefully and anxiously ...
... voice softened involuntarily , " is fast asleep ; it's a pity to wake it , that's all . It will cry and fret all night , and - and I would make it warm and comfortable if you'd let me . " She raised her eyes hopefully and anxiously ...
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... voice : “ Liz ! Liz ! ” She looked down and saw the old man who had promised her his protection Mawks should persecute her . Come upstairs ; it's better than in case Mother " Is that you , Jim ? " Is that talking out there . " He obeyed ...
... voice : “ Liz ! Liz ! ” She looked down and saw the old man who had promised her his protection Mawks should persecute her . Come upstairs ; it's better than in case Mother " Is that you , Jim ? " Is that talking out there . " He obeyed ...
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Cameos: Short Stories by Marie Corelli. (Inhalt: God's light on the ... Marie Corelli Vista completa - 1896 |
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Página 61 - I met a lady in the meads, Full beautiful - a faery's child, Her hair was long, her foot was light, And her eyes were wild.
Página 308 - OGIVE thanks unto the LORD, for he is gracious: and his mercy endureth for ever.
Página 141 - THREE wise men of Gotham Went to sea in a bowl; If the bowl had been stronger, My song had been longer.
Página x - Done up for show ! " to all who cared to examine its exterior — there stood a closed brougham drawn by a prancing pair of fat horses. A coachman of distinguished appearance sat on the box ; a footman of irreproachable figure stood waiting on the pavement, his yellow-gloved hand resting elegantly on the polished silver knob of the carriage-door.
Página 288 - The LORD is on my side ; I will not fear : what can man do unto me?
Página 309 - Who remembered us when we were in trouble : for his mercy endureth...
Página 30 - See that ye despise not one of these little ones, for I say unto you that their Angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Página 23 - Eve and she felt almost gay, for had she not, by means of a little extra starvation on her own part, been able to buy a wondrous gold and crimson worsted bird suspended from an elastic string, a bird which bobbed up and down to command in the most lively and artistic manner ? And had not her hired baby actually laughed at the clumsy toy ? — laughed an elfish and weird...
Página 308 - For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten : and they talk how they may vex them whom thou hast wounded. 28 Let them fall from one wickedness to another : and not come into thy righteousness. 29 Let them be wiped out of the book of the living : and not be written among the righteous.
Página 26 - And encouraged by his friendly tone, she opened the folds of her shawl to show him her one treasure. The bull's-eye came into still closer requisition, as the kindly guardian of the peace peered inquiringly at the tiny bundle. He had scarcely looked when he started back with an exclamation :