A Parish of Two, Pág. 1903Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company, 1903 - 407 páginas |
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Página 73
... wishes , which is equivalent to consulting one's health . People who think of others are apt to die They are known as shining young . marks . " However , as yet I have done nothing wrong . To misquote Disraeli : " I am inebriated with ...
... wishes , which is equivalent to consulting one's health . People who think of others are apt to die They are known as shining young . marks . " However , as yet I have done nothing wrong . To misquote Disraeli : " I am inebriated with ...
Página 133
... ; only as time recedes can we step forward . I am too wise to wish the curtain raised , or rendered transparent , and too contented to make futile guesses . Hitherto I have been a man without any special interest A PARISH OF TWO 133.
... ; only as time recedes can we step forward . I am too wise to wish the curtain raised , or rendered transparent , and too contented to make futile guesses . Hitherto I have been a man without any special interest A PARISH OF TWO 133.
Página 134
... wish to tell you before you even ask , that I give my- self to you , that I am completely and wholly yours , that that man whom I am still compelled to call my husband shall never be more to me than an ugly memory . " I raised her hand ...
... wish to tell you before you even ask , that I give my- self to you , that I am completely and wholly yours , that that man whom I am still compelled to call my husband shall never be more to me than an ugly memory . " I raised her hand ...
Página 135
... for itself . Good night , old man , the sun is peeping over the rim of the earth as I write , and I wish to sleep , that I may dream . Yours , DOUGLAS . THIRTEENTH LETTER Shady Side of Commonwealth Avenue , Boston , A PARISH OF TWO 135.
... for itself . Good night , old man , the sun is peeping over the rim of the earth as I write , and I wish to sleep , that I may dream . Yours , DOUGLAS . THIRTEENTH LETTER Shady Side of Commonwealth Avenue , Boston , A PARISH OF TWO 135.
Página 158
... wish to know how many people there are in the world . A man's moods change from the outside in ; something happens to depress him , and he is depressed , something happens to elate , and he is elated ; but the woman changes from the ...
... wish to know how many people there are in the world . A man's moods change from the outside in ; something happens to depress him , and he is depressed , something happens to elate , and he is elated ; but the woman changes from the ...
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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 73 - MASTER of human destinies am I! Fame, love, and fortune on my footsteps wait. Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace — soon or late I knock, unbidden, once at every gate! If sleeping, wake — if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death; but those who doubt or hesitate, Condemned to failure, penury, and woe, Seek me in vain...
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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.
Página 77 - A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.