To the homes of good men and greatW. H. Wise, 1916 |
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Page 191
... fact . The moral of this is that not even a strong man can cope with a small woman who weeps at the right time . The censorship forbade the placing of " Marion Delorme " on the stage until a certain historical epi- sode in it had been ...
... fact . The moral of this is that not even a strong man can cope with a small woman who weeps at the right time . The censorship forbade the placing of " Marion Delorme " on the stage until a certain historical epi- sode in it had been ...
Page 191
... fact , he was about to send for him . His pension thereafter should be six thousand francs a year . papers Victor Hugo declined to receive it . Of course , the were full of the subject . All cafedom took sides : Paris had a topic for ...
... fact , he was about to send for him . His pension thereafter should be six thousand francs a year . papers Victor Hugo declined to receive it . Of course , the were full of the subject . All cafedom took sides : Paris had a topic for ...
Page 318
... fact to my friend , but he unhorsed me by declaring that modesty forbade carving truth on monuments , yet it was a fact that the brewer , too , had brought defeat to vast numbers and had , like Saul , slaughtered his thousands When I ...
... fact to my friend , but he unhorsed me by declaring that modesty forbade carving truth on monuments , yet it was a fact that the brewer , too , had brought defeat to vast numbers and had , like Saul , slaughtered his thousands When I ...
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