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... continued Du - for he smiled while indulging it ; plessis , chuckling inwardly . “
My he then passed through the recepforest looks down on the villa he is tion -
rooms to one at the far end , building . I only wait till his villa appropriated to
Valérie ...
... continued Du - for he smiled while indulging it ; plessis , chuckling inwardly . “
My he then passed through the recepforest looks down on the villa he is tion -
rooms to one at the far end , building . I only wait till his villa appropriated to
Valérie ...
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... than French men and women understand all the rest - is , by its very nature ,
and realise — a theory which not but a passing , transitory condition ; only leads
them to distinguish the that what gave it to us yesterday may highest uses to
which ...
... than French men and women understand all the rest - is , by its very nature ,
and realise — a theory which not but a passing , transitory condition ; only leads
them to distinguish the that what gave it to us yesterday may highest uses to
which ...
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the balcony of any person passing “ Certainly , " answered the officer , a that way
. ... He received an hour soon passed by ; three - quar - orders at the usual
canonical age . ters ; and the officer was growing He said his first mass in 1866 ,
and ...
the balcony of any person passing “ Certainly , " answered the officer , a that way
. ... He received an hour soon passed by ; three - quar - orders at the usual
canonical age . ters ; and the officer was growing He said his first mass in 1866 ,
and ...
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The open window and an enemy they could never come up the improvised rope
told which way with , had moreover to guard against he had passed . The officer
sent out surprise in the village church , and as many men as he could spare in ...
The open window and an enemy they could never come up the improvised rope
told which way with , had moreover to guard against he had passed . The officer
sent out surprise in the village church , and as many men as he could spare in ...
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He has been known whom have rarely passed the night to spend part of a night
in a village in a town . Their absolute devotion on the extreme frontier , and when
to their chief is proved by the his pursuers reach it , knocked up fact that not one ...
He has been known whom have rarely passed the night to spend part of a night
in a village in a town . Their absolute devotion on the extreme frontier , and when
to their chief is proved by the his pursuers reach it , knocked up fact that not one ...
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Page 604 - Of this wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for art's sake, has most; for art comes to you professing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments
Page 259 - Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 604 - How shall we pass most swiftly from point to point, and be present always at the focus where the greatest number of vital forces unite in their purest energy? To burn always with this hard, gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.
Page 271 - That is found wandering and not having any home or settled place of abode, or proper guardianship, or visible means of subsistence...
Page 604 - The theory or idea or system which requires of us the sacrifice of any part of this experience, in consideration of some interest into which we cannot enter or some abstract theory we have not identified with ourselves or what is only conventional, has no real claim upon us.
Page 345 - The object of this essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether the means used be physical force in the form of legal penalties or the moral coercion of public opinion.
Page 73 - Even be it so ; yet still among your tribe, Our daily world's true Worldlings, rank not me ! Children are blest, and powerful; their world lies More justly balanced ; partly at their feet, And part far from them : sweetest melodies Are those that are by distance made more sweet; Whose mind is but the mind of his own eyes, He is a slave; the meanest we can meet!
Page 604 - ... we have an interval, and then our place knows us no more. Some spend this interval in listlessness, some in high passions, the wisest, at least among 'the children of this world,
Page 78 - My resolutions of growing old and staid are admirable: I wake with a sober plan, and intend to pass the day with my friends — then comes the Duke of Richmond...
Page 357 - The vilest malefactor has some wretched woman tied to him, against whom he can commit any atrocity except killing her, and, if tolerably cautious, can do that without much danger of the legal penalty.