The Governor's Wife: A Comedy in Three ActsR.G. Badger, 1918 - 72 pages |
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Page 102
... beauty , if it has any , is like that of a netsuke or okimono carved in ivory or wood , decorative at the best . But what our Hokku aims at is , like the haori of silk or crepe , a useful- ness of uselessness , not what it expresses but ...
... beauty , if it has any , is like that of a netsuke or okimono carved in ivory or wood , decorative at the best . But what our Hokku aims at is , like the haori of silk or crepe , a useful- ness of uselessness , not what it expresses but ...
Page 113
... beauty . A great peace , as of a serene moonlit night , and the supreme joy of self - sacrifice , are in Violaine's heart ; but Mara is struggling in the shadowy river of her malice , and , after the crime , a terrible gloom descends on ...
... beauty . A great peace , as of a serene moonlit night , and the supreme joy of self - sacrifice , are in Violaine's heart ; but Mara is struggling in the shadowy river of her malice , and , after the crime , a terrible gloom descends on ...
Page 114
... beauty , adorned with wonderful deeds ! And we , full of secret sorrow , remem- bered his face shy and terrible . " An inexpressible sadness , a universal mourning , follow his death in battle ; " We have let him go , " says the Captain ...
... beauty , adorned with wonderful deeds ! And we , full of secret sorrow , remem- bered his face shy and terrible . " An inexpressible sadness , a universal mourning , follow his death in battle ; " We have let him go , " says the Captain ...
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Almendralejo beauty Belisa bull café Campos Cathedral Church Claudel CLERK Collects comes crowd Damian daughter dear Don Baldomero DON BASILIO Don Manolito Don Paco Don Rosendo Don Santiago DON TEODORO Don Trino Donna enters Esperanza everything eyes feria forget friends Garcés give goes Governor's wife Gregorian Sacramentary haori hear heart heavens Hokku poem husband Hymn of Riego Japanese Japanese poetry Jimena Josefina kill ladies laugh letter liberal light look Madrid Maid Mamma Manolo Marchioness of Torrelodones Marchioness of Villaquejido MARQUIS OF TORRELODONES matter mean Menéndez mind Mistress Moraleda morning never night Papa Pierre de Craon play plaza poet poetry Polito pray Reguera Reinosa Sacramentary Second Gentleman Second Gentleman.-I señora soul stars suppose talk tell Teresa theatre thee thing thought tokonoma toreros vermouth Violaine wish woman wonder word