The Peacock Feather: A RomanceG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1914 - 312 pages |
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... small , square , and very firm . The other writing was delicate but larger . It was evidently that of a woman . He opened the firmly addressed envelope first , and pulled out its contents . A strip of pink 4 The Peacock Feather.
... small , square , and very firm . The other writing was delicate but larger . It was evidently that of a woman . He opened the firmly addressed envelope first , and pulled out its contents . A strip of pink 4 The Peacock Feather.
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... write before , " the letter ran , " be- cause I did not want you to brood over what I have to say , though you must have known that my saying it was inevitable . Of course you have known from the first that you have by your own conduct ...
... write before , " the letter ran , " be- cause I did not want you to brood over what I have to say , though you must have known that my saying it was inevitable . Of course you have known from the first that you have by your own conduct ...
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... write to me . It would be quite useless . I am going to be married in three weeks ' time . I am very sorry for you and I would have helped you if I could , but you must see for yourself it is impossible . There is nothing now to say but ...
... write to me . It would be quite useless . I am going to be married in three weeks ' time . I am very sorry for you and I would have helped you if I could , but you must see for yourself it is impossible . There is nothing now to say but ...
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... write to her son in South Africa . Peter came out into the sunlight with vastly more information than he had possessed half an hour previously . He turned into the provision shop , where he achieved a few purchases , and then made his ...
... write to her son in South Africa . Peter came out into the sunlight with vastly more information than he had possessed half an hour previously . He turned into the provision shop , where he achieved a few purchases , and then made his ...
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... writing , though often through his dreams he fancied he heard the sound of that pitiful sobbing . In his waking moments he told himself it was fancy pure and simple , yet it troubled him . What if there were indeed an imprisoned soul ...
... writing , though often through his dreams he fancied he heard the sound of that pitiful sobbing . In his waking moments he told himself it was fancy pure and simple , yet it troubled him . What if there were indeed an imprisoned soul ...
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Page 83 - ... guide or genius; for it commonly operates revolutions in our way of life, terminates an epoch of infancy or of youth which was waiting to be closed, breaks up a wonted occupation, or a household, or style of living, and allows the formation of new ones more friendly to the growth of character. It permits or constrains the formation of new acquaintances, and the reception of new influences that prove of the first importance to the next years; and the man or woman who would have remained a sunny...
Page 171 - THERE is a Lady sweet and kind, Was never face so pleased my mind; I did but see her passing by, And yet I love her till I die. Her gesture, motion, and her smiles, Her wit, her voice my heart beguiles, Beguiles my heart, I know not why, And yet I love her till I die.
Page 11 - Sin I fro Love escaped am so fat, I never thenk to ben in his prison lene ; Sin I am free, I counte him not a bene. He may answere, and seye this or that ; 30 I do no fors, I speke right as I mene. Sin I fro Love escaped am so fat, I never thenk to ben in his prison lene.
Page 83 - We cannot part with our friends. We cannot let our angels go. We do not see that they only go out, that archangels may come in. We are idolaters of the old. We do not believe in the riches of the soul, in its proper eternity and omnipresence. We do not believe there is any force in to-day to rival or recreate that beautiful yesterday.
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Page 83 - And yet the compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a loss of wealth, a loss of friends, seems at the moment unpaid loss, and unpayable. But the sure years reveal the deep remedial force that underlies all facts. The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat...
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Page 158 - Oh hommes, si vous lisez un jour ceci, pensez que vous avez été injustes pour moi; et que le malheureux se console, en trouvant un malheureux comme lui, qui, malgré tous les obstacles de la nature, a cependant fait tout ce qui était en son pouvoir, pour être admis au rang des artistes et des hommes d'élite.
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