The Living Age, Volume 212Living Age Company, 1897 |
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Page 37
... turn . " De Pène and his seconds urged the unfairness of a man being called upon to fight two duels in rapid succession . The officer came closer , and snapping his fingers in De Pène's face said , " Monsieur , you are a scamp " ( un ...
... turn . " De Pène and his seconds urged the unfairness of a man being called upon to fight two duels in rapid succession . The officer came closer , and snapping his fingers in De Pène's face said , " Monsieur , you are a scamp " ( un ...
Page 42
... turn faint at the sight of blood , but welcome with a ready smile the duellist who sheds it . When the Prince de Sagan , the arbiter elegantiarum of Paris , fancied not long ago that in one of the characters of a play he himself had ...
... turn faint at the sight of blood , but welcome with a ready smile the duellist who sheds it . When the Prince de Sagan , the arbiter elegantiarum of Paris , fancied not long ago that in one of the characters of a play he himself had ...
Page 49
... turn round . Nosza ! Well , out I ran , caught up a birch - broom in the entry , and so out into the garden . The next moment Mistress Hen was scuttling " over hedges and ditches " with a terrible amount of clucking , I promise you ...
... turn round . Nosza ! Well , out I ran , caught up a birch - broom in the entry , and so out into the garden . The next moment Mistress Hen was scuttling " over hedges and ditches " with a terrible amount of clucking , I promise you ...
Page 50
... turn round again and again to nod our farewells , and they nod too ; and I seem to hear the old dame's voice saying , " Oh , my sweet golden chicken ! " ( that is I ) and the old man muttering , “ A fine couple , that they are , a fine ...
... turn round again and again to nod our farewells , and they nod too ; and I seem to hear the old dame's voice saying , " Oh , my sweet golden chicken ! " ( that is I ) and the old man muttering , “ A fine couple , that they are , a fine ...
Page 72
... turn toward the light . Introduce a ray of faint light into water which contains protozoa , and they feel it and make for it , as for an element of life and well - being . So the dimly conscious multitudes will turn toward any far away ...
... turn toward the light . Introduce a ray of faint light into water which contains protozoa , and they feel it and make for it , as for an element of life and well - being . So the dimly conscious multitudes will turn toward any far away ...
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