Seven Years' HardE. P. Dutton, 1905 - 268 páginas |
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... appearance " of the road , and tried its best to touch the hearts of the hard - hearted gentlemen concerned . Worse than useless ! The Board was more than wooden ; it was iron . And to this day , in spite of manifold improvements in ...
... appearance " of the road , and tried its best to touch the hearts of the hard - hearted gentlemen concerned . Worse than useless ! The Board was more than wooden ; it was iron . And to this day , in spite of manifold improvements in ...
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... appeared to be the wit of the party , " where's the bloke with the night - gownd on ? " The joke was received with a tornado of merriment , and in the confusion Mrs. Free tried to explain that the room was open to all who were willing ...
... appeared to be the wit of the party , " where's the bloke with the night - gownd on ? " The joke was received with a tornado of merriment , and in the confusion Mrs. Free tried to explain that the room was open to all who were willing ...
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... appeared at the starting - place for one of our excursions three hours before the advertised time of departure , four hours before the actual time , and in the thinnest imaginable attire . In ten minutes he was wet to the skin , but he ...
... appeared at the starting - place for one of our excursions three hours before the advertised time of departure , four hours before the actual time , and in the thinnest imaginable attire . In ten minutes he was wet to the skin , but he ...
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... appeared on the scene , these unhappy creatures rushed at me , and each , seizing an arm , insisted on my hearing her version of the story . Eventually they dragged me into a house , plumped me down between them , and , in the hearing ...
... appeared on the scene , these unhappy creatures rushed at me , and each , seizing an arm , insisted on my hearing her version of the story . Eventually they dragged me into a house , plumped me down between them , and , in the hearing ...
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... appeared to have been quite the reverse . The day before it , Sylvia's blue eyes had danced with joy , and her comely mouth had been wide in prodigal smiles ; the day after it , Sylvia's eyes were heavy , and her lips tightly closed as ...
... appeared to have been quite the reverse . The day before it , Sylvia's blue eyes had danced with joy , and her comely mouth had been wide in prodigal smiles ; the day after it , Sylvia's eyes were heavy , and her lips tightly closed as ...
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Página 264 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee : nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Página 127 - I REQUIRE and charge you both, as ye will answer at the dreadful day of judgment when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed, that if either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in Matrimony, ye do now confess it. For be ye well assured, that so many as are coupled together otherwise than God's Word doth allow are not joined together by God; neither is their Matrimony lawful.
Página 6 - So we were fain to stay there in the unlucky Isle of Dogs, in a chill place, the morning cool, and wind fresh, about two if not three hours, to our great discontent.
Página 158 - Are we to part like this, Bill, Are we to part this way ? ... Who's it to be, 'er or me? Don't be afraid to say; If ev'rything's over between us, Don't never pass me by, 'Cos you and me still friends can be, For the sake of the days gone by.
Página 6 - Up, and very betimes by six o'clock at Deptford, and there find Sir G. Carteret, and my Lady ready to go: I being in my new coloured silk suit, and coat trimmed with gold buttons and gold broad lace round my hands, very rich and fine.
Página 63 - Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothers, Ere the sorrow comes with years? They are leaning their young heads against their mothers, And that cannot stop their tears. The young lambs are bleating in the meadows: The young birds are chirping in the nest; The young fawns are playing with the shadows; The young flowers are blowing toward the west — But the young, young children...
Página 266 - whatsoever things are true," and '-honest," and "just," and "pure," and "lovely," and "of good report," are esteemed by men outside of the sects as really as by men inside of them.
Página 15 - ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us, and to all men [particularly to those who desire now to offer up their praises and thanksgivings for thy late mercies vouchsafed unto them].
Página 13 - ... House," which stands upon the river wall : this' house is not marked in the survey of 1740, but in 1790 it is mentioned by Pennant, who writes: — " We finished our walk, and dined at a small house, called the Folly, on the water's edge, almost opposite to the splendid hospital at Greenwich, where we sat for some hours, enjoying the delicious view of the river, and the moving picture of a succession of shipping perpetually passing and re-passing.
Página 64 - One of the most convincing pieces of evidence of the truth of this statement is to be found in the research of the Harvard School of Business Administration. After twenty-five years of careful observation and experimentation, they report that productivity in industry depends far more upon the workers* satisfaction in cooperative activity in well-knit human groups than it does upon economic incentives.