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... hope , and left me as uninformed as though I were incapable of understanding , or incapable of bearing , my fate as he saw it . My brother - in - law Bob is as non - com- mittal as a Pythian oracle or a candidate awaiting a nomination ...
... hope , and left me as uninformed as though I were incapable of understanding , or incapable of bearing , my fate as he saw it . My brother - in - law Bob is as non - com- mittal as a Pythian oracle or a candidate awaiting a nomination ...
Página 48
... , too weak to swing a sword or draw a rein , are fit still to wield a pen . I am , my dear Douglas , a little weaker , I fear , but no less gay , I hope . PERCY DASHIEL . FIFTH LETTER Palm Beach , Florida , January . My 48 A PARISH OF TWO.
... , too weak to swing a sword or draw a rein , are fit still to wield a pen . I am , my dear Douglas , a little weaker , I fear , but no less gay , I hope . PERCY DASHIEL . FIFTH LETTER Palm Beach , Florida , January . My 48 A PARISH OF TWO.
Página 82
... hope you do not . The Reverend Mr. X. had his poor little ecclesiastical house of , cards pulled down , he must perforce shed his tears upon every brother man's waistcoat . His ambition flattened out and become thin , he becomes sour ...
... hope you do not . The Reverend Mr. X. had his poor little ecclesiastical house of , cards pulled down , he must perforce shed his tears upon every brother man's waistcoat . His ambition flattened out and become thin , he becomes sour ...
Página 109
... hope- lessly and madly in love . " I believe the above is the customary phraseology . Your last letter hurts - why don't you temper the wind to the shorn lamb , for I am shorn of everything that appeals to you and revelling in ...
... hope- lessly and madly in love . " I believe the above is the customary phraseology . Your last letter hurts - why don't you temper the wind to the shorn lamb , for I am shorn of everything that appeals to you and revelling in ...
Página 129
... hope , but when hope is greatest , sus- pense is hardest to bear . By leaning forward I could almost touch her hands . I did not dare put my weight on the girder , it seemed so rotten . Suddenly my heart sank . I heard the increasing ...
... hope , but when hope is greatest , sus- pense is hardest to bear . By leaning forward I could almost touch her hands . I did not dare put my weight on the girder , it seemed so rotten . Suddenly my heart sank . I heard the increasing ...
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Aiken amuse answer arms asked bag of bones believe Bob and Katharine Boston brain colour dead dear boy dear Douglas DEAR PERCY death Douglas Dayton dull earth epigram eyes face fear feel fire fool forget forgive frock coat girl give glad God's good-bye hand hansom cab happy head heard heart heaven houri husband intaglio knew letter light live look man's mind moral morning never Newport niggers night once parish parson passion peace PERCY DASHIEL perhaps pity poor Rastus realise remember Scotch whiskey seemed selfishness side silent skinning the cat smile soft soul South Carolina suppose sympathy talk tell thalassa thank things thought tion told turned uncon vivisect voice waited walk West Braintree wife woman women wonder words write wrong
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Página 137 - THOU shalt have one God only ; who Would be at the expense of two ? No graven images may be Worshipped, except the currency : Swear not at all ; for, for thy curse Thine enemy is none the worse : At church ou Sunday to attend Will serve to keep the world thy friend : Honour thy parents ; that is, all From whom advancement may befall ; Thou shalt not kill ; but need'st not strive Officiously to keep alive : Do not adultery commit ; Advantage rarely comes of it : Thou shalt not steal ; an empty feat.
Página 327 - But these are all lies : men have died from time to time and worms have eaten them, but not for love.
Página 297 - For a man should live in a garret aloof, And have few friends, and go poorly clad, "With an old hat stopping the chink in the roof, To keep the Goddess constant and glad.
Página 138 - Thou shalt not kill; but needst not strive Officiously to keep alive : Do not adultery commit; Advantage rarely comes of it : Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat, When it's so lucrative to cheat: Bear not false witness; let the lie Have time on its own wings to fly : Thou shalt not covet; but tradition Approves all forms of competition.
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