The EarthquakeCharles Scribner's Sons, 1918 - 307 páginas The awakening of the United States to it's involvement in World War I. |
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... , " you've just missed a complete breakdown ! Twenty - four hours more and I'd have had to order you to a sanatorium . You've got to quit right here and now , give up your business entirely and go away for a year . No 6 THE EARTHQUAKE.
... , " you've just missed a complete breakdown ! Twenty - four hours more and I'd have had to order you to a sanatorium . You've got to quit right here and now , give up your business entirely and go away for a year . No 6 THE EARTHQUAKE.
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... give up our home ; best to surrender it to the unsympathetic hands of strangers than not to do our bit in teaching the rest of the nation the lesson of economy . At any price -however seemingly extravagant - a hotel would be cheaper ...
... give up our home ; best to surrender it to the unsympathetic hands of strangers than not to do our bit in teaching the rest of the nation the lesson of economy . At any price -however seemingly extravagant - a hotel would be cheaper ...
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... give up living here as you have always lived . Let's do the thing right and start differently . " Helen made no further protest , except to give a little sigh as she glanced at the portraits of my father and mother , which hung on ...
... give up living here as you have always lived . Let's do the thing right and start differently . " Helen made no further protest , except to give a little sigh as she glanced at the portraits of my father and mother , which hung on ...
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... give us much encourage- ment . The renting market had started out well ; but lately there had been a bad slump . It was obvious that , unless we practically gave our house away , we should have either to close it up or live in it ...
... give us much encourage- ment . The renting market had started out well ; but lately there had been a bad slump . It was obvious that , unless we practically gave our house away , we should have either to close it up or live in it ...
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... give up your home for the sake of my own convenience ; if I turn coward when all the world is full of courage- why , John , I shan't be able to look at myself in the glass ! " I don't think I ever loved Helen more than at that moment ...
... give up your home for the sake of my own convenience ; if I turn coward when all the world is full of courage- why , John , I shan't be able to look at myself in the glass ! " I don't think I ever loved Helen more than at that moment ...
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Página 79 - Who can find a virtuous woman ? for her price is far above rubies. ' The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. ' She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
Página 306 - And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks, before the LORD ; but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake ; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.
Página 79 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
Página 214 - For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Página 2 - Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
Página 2 - And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay ; and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
Página 79 - She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Página 2 - And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord ; but the Lord was not in the wind : and after the wind an earthquake ; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire ; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Página 225 - Remember that you are the chosen people ! The spirit of the Lord has descended upon me because I am the Emperor of the Germans ! " 'I am the instrument of the Almighty. I am his sword, his agent. Woe and death to all those who shall oppose my will! Woe and death to those who do not believe in my mission ! Woe and death to the cowards ! "'Let them perish, all the enemies of the German people!
Página 79 - She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Earthquake American Fiction, 1774-1920 |
| Autor | Arthur Train |
| Editor | Charles Scribner's Sons, 1918 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 6 Jun. 2007 |
| Largo | 307 páginas |
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