Dangerous DaysGeorge H. Doran Company, 1919 - 400 pages |
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... woman . But , then , Clay was cold , too . He was even a bit hard . Men said that ; hard and ambitious , although he was popular . Men liked strong men . It was only the weak they deplored and loved . Poor Chris ! She lounged into the ...
... woman . But , then , Clay was cold , too . He was even a bit hard . Men said that ; hard and ambitious , although he was popular . Men liked strong men . It was only the weak they deplored and loved . Poor Chris ! She lounged into the ...
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... woman will do , really . So they marry - any woman Then they want money . After that they want power and place . And when they've got that they begin to want - love . " " Good gracious , Audrey , what a cynical speech ! " said Mrs ...
... woman will do , really . So they marry - any woman Then they want money . After that they want power and place . And when they've got that they begin to want - love . " " Good gracious , Audrey , what a cynical speech ! " said Mrs ...
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... woman in his life . But Nolan had loved once , and the girl had died . With the curious constancy of the Irish , he had remained determinedly celibate . " Strange race , " Clayton reflected idly , as Nolan's voice sang on . " Don't know ...
... woman in his life . But Nolan had loved once , and the girl had died . With the curious constancy of the Irish , he had remained determinedly celibate . " Strange race , " Clayton reflected idly , as Nolan's voice sang on . " Don't know ...
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... 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 never women , thank God . But ...
... 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 never women , thank God . But ...
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... woman . He had an idea that she was always in debt , and that the fact concerned her yery little . He fancied that few things concerned her very deeply , including Chris . But she knew about food . Her dinners were as casual as her ...
... woman . He had an idea that she was always in debt , and that the fact concerned her yery little . He fancied that few things concerned her very deeply , including Chris . But she knew about food . Her dinners were as casual as her ...
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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.
Page 296 - You are all that is lovely to me, All that is light, One white rose in a Desert of weariness. I only live in the night, The night, with its fair false dreams of you, You and your loveliness. Give me your love for a day, A night, an hour : If the wages of sin are Death I am willing to pay. What is my life but a breath Of passion burning away ? Away for an unplucked flower. O Aziza whom I adore, Aziza my one delight, Only one night, I will die before day, And trouble your life no more.
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.