CameosJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1896 - 289 páginas A collection of ten short stories. |
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... looked at him , gravely at first , then they laughed . " A piece of your mind , " echoed Dennison . " I think I know what it would amount to ; just a ' By Jove ! too bad ! ' and you would go to smoke and think it over . No ; we cannot ...
... looked at him , gravely at first , then they laughed . " A piece of your mind , " echoed Dennison . " I think I know what it would amount to ; just a ' By Jove ! too bad ! ' and you would go to smoke and think it over . No ; we cannot ...
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... looked at him straightly , her soft violet eyes opening a little more than usual . " 6 Are you ? " " Yes . I want a change , " he said , keeping his gaze riveted on the table - cloth , and trying to work himself up to the required pitch ...
... looked at him straightly , her soft violet eyes opening a little more than usual . " 6 Are you ? " " Yes . I want a change , " he said , keeping his gaze riveted on the table - cloth , and trying to work himself up to the required pitch ...
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... looked up sweetly , stroking her pet the while . " ' Why , where are you going ? " " To Africa ! " replied her husband solemnly . " To the Gold Coast - to the worst part , where fever rages , and where even the natives die . " He ...
... looked up sweetly , stroking her pet the while . " ' Why , where are you going ? " " To Africa ! " replied her husband solemnly . " To the Gold Coast - to the worst part , where fever rages , and where even the natives die . " He ...
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... looked as tragic as his amiable round face would allow him- " and when I return home again , after many adventures , you will be glad , perhaps , to see me . " His wife's eyes twinkled prettily like sapphires as she surveyed him . " Of ...
... looked as tragic as his amiable round face would allow him- " and when I return home again , after many adventures , you will be glad , perhaps , to see me . " His wife's eyes twinkled prettily like sapphires as she surveyed him . " Of ...
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... looked after more tenderly . ' Fads ' were not in fashion then ; people fought for themselves manfully , as they should do , and came up or went down according to their own capabilities ; and there wasn't all this cosseting and coddling ...
... looked after more tenderly . ' Fads ' were not in fashion then ; people fought for themselves manfully , as they should do , and came up or went down according to their own capabilities ; and there wasn't all this cosseting and coddling ...
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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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Adair admiration Allingham Angel asked baby beautiful Betty Bibi carnations chair child cigar clever Cloth course Daily Telegraph Daphne dear Dennison Dunscombe Hall exclaimed eyes face Fairfax fancy Fane feel fellow friends George Fairfax Georgie girl glance Gold Coast granny grin Gutsch hair hand head heart heaven Honoria Hoskins husband J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY John Coleman John Dennison John Denver kissed knew ladies laughed Laura live looked Maggs MARIE CORELLI Marlitt marriage married mind Mitû mother murmured never old bundle once picture poor position pretty Queen replied Richmoor rose round scarcely seemed sighed smile smoke Snawley soft Sorrows of Satan sorry sort stared studio suddenly suppose sure sweet tell tender there's thing thought Three Wise Three Wise Men Tribkin Valitsky voice wife William woman women wonder young Zéphyr
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Página 231 - Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost...
Página 231 - There is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass, Or night-dews on still waters between walls Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass ; Music that gentlier on the spirit lies Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes ; Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies.
Página 42 - THREE wise men of Gotham Went to sea in a bowl; If the bowl had been stronger, My song had been longer.
Página 231 - How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and Ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of everyday 's 5 Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.