Dangerous DaysGeorge H. Doran Company, 1919 - 400 pages |
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... face . Not that that had mattered particularly , but the flowers had been too high . For a small dinner , low flowers , always . She would speak to the florist . But , having glanced at Clayton , standing tall and handsome at the head ...
... face . Not that that had mattered particularly , but the flowers had been too high . For a small dinner , low flowers , always . She would speak to the florist . But , having glanced at Clayton , standing tall and handsome at the head ...
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... face that , of course , the woman urge in the boy . Until now his escapades had been boyish ones , a few debts frankly revealed and as frankly regretted , some college mischiefs , a rather serious gambling fever , quickly curbed . But ...
... face that , of course , the woman urge in the boy . Until now his escapades had been boyish ones , a few debts frankly revealed and as frankly regretted , some college mischiefs , a rather serious gambling fever , quickly curbed . But ...
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... face sets . Well ? " It's the way you " I didn't feel unpleasant . It's rather my misfortune that my face " " Didn't you like my gown ? " " Very much . It seemed a trifle low , but you know I always like your clothes . " He was almost ...
... face sets . Well ? " It's the way you " I didn't feel unpleasant . It's rather my misfortune that my face " " Didn't you like my gown ? " " Very much . It seemed a trifle low , but you know I always like your clothes . " He was almost ...
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... face was pale . " Do you mean that we are going to get into this war ? " " I think it very likely , my dear . " " But if we do , Graham- " " We might as well face it . Graham will probably want to 80 , " " He'll do nothing of the sort ...
... face was pale . " Do you mean that we are going to get into this war ? " " I think it very likely , my dear . " " But if we do , Graham- " " We might as well face it . Graham will probably want to 80 , " " He'll do nothing of the sort ...
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... face were sulky . She looked much as Graham had that evening at the table . " Is that a promise ? " " Good heavens , do you want me to swear to it ? " " I want you to play fair . That's all . " She leaned back again among her pillows ...
... face were sulky . She looked much as Graham had that evening at the table . " Is that a promise ? " " Good heavens , do you want me to swear to it ? " " I want you to play fair . That's all . " She leaned back again among her pillows ...
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Page 190 - Save and deliver us, we humbly beseech thee, from the hands of our enemies, abate their pride, assuage their malice, and confound their devices ; that we, being armed with thy defence, may be preserved evermore from all perils, to glorify thee, who art the only giver of all victory ; through the merits of thy only Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 29 - WHEN first I loved, I gave my very soul Utterly unreserved to Love's control, But Love deceived me, wrenched my youth away And made the gold of life for ever grey. Long I lived lonely, yet I tried in vain With any other Joy to stifle pain ; There is no other joy, I learned to know, And so returned to Love, as long ago. Yet I, this little while ere I go hence, Love very lightly now, in self-defence. Lines by Taj...
Page 190 - ... save and deliver us, we humbly beseech thee, from the hands of our enemies; that we, being armed with thy defence, may be preserved evermore from all perils, to glorify thee, who art the only giver of all victory, through the merits of thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 345 - Where do we go from here boys, Where do we go from here?
Page 376 - The motive for a conception according to nature is the love of a man for a woman and of a woman for a man. And therefore since a singular love of the Holy Spirit burned in the Virgin's heart, the love of the Holy Spirit wrought great things in her flesh.
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Page 394 - What she wanted. quite simply, was the service of love. To have her own and to care for them. She hoped, very earnestly, that she would be able to look beyond her own four walls, to see distress and to help it, but she knew, as she knew herself, that the real call to her would always be love.
Page 86 - It's the IWW, for one thing. We've got a list through the British post-office censor, of a lot of those fellows who are taking German money to-day. They're against everything. Not only work. They're against law and order. And they're likely to raise hell.
Page 345 - I want to talk to you, and I can't talk to you while you're knocked half-silly.
Page 44 - It furnished unlimited conversation at dinner parties, led to endless wrangles, gave zest and point to the peace that made those dinner parties possible, furnished an excuse for retrenchment here and there, and brought into vogue great bazaars and balls for the Red Cross and kindred activities.