The EarthquakeC. Scribner's sons, 1918 - 305 páginas |
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... eyes filled with dust , I exultantly laid in the furnace a lot of newspapers and kindling and put on a shovel or two of coal as a starter . I then discovered that I had no matches ; and as it did not occur to me to make use of the ...
... eyes filled with dust , I exultantly laid in the furnace a lot of newspapers and kindling and put on a shovel or two of coal as a starter . I then discovered that I had no matches ; and as it did not occur to me to make use of the ...
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... eyes and those of Mrs. Gavin . " Meantime that furnace was sitting there with its mouth wide open and its tongue in its cheek . I glared back at it resentfully . The indicator was still im- mutable . Then suddenly it dawned upon me that ...
... eyes and those of Mrs. Gavin . " Meantime that furnace was sitting there with its mouth wide open and its tongue in its cheek . I glared back at it resentfully . The indicator was still im- mutable . Then suddenly it dawned upon me that ...
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... eye the well - dressed gentlemen with whom I dealt and took nothing whatsoever on faith . As a business man I was from Missouri ; as a householder in a great metropolis I was a simple - minded yokel . Down in my banking - office the ...
... eye the well - dressed gentlemen with whom I dealt and took nothing whatsoever on faith . As a business man I was from Missouri ; as a householder in a great metropolis I was a simple - minded yokel . Down in my banking - office the ...
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... eyes , limping down the street until he turned the corner in the direction of Third Avenue . Surely the war had done something for René - something for all of us ! In the hall I met Margery , her hair afly , her hands black with dust ...
... eyes , limping down the street until he turned the corner in the direction of Third Avenue . Surely the war had done something for René - something for all of us ! In the hall I met Margery , her hair afly , her hands black with dust ...
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... eyes . " That aeroplane particularly ! A year ago the whirr of its propeller would have brought every house- maid out into the street within the radius of three miles , and now - nobody paid the slightest attention to it ! Along Fifth ...
... eyes . " That aeroplane particularly ! A year ago the whirr of its propeller would have brought every house- maid out into the street within the radius of three miles , and now - nobody paid the slightest attention to it ! Along Fifth ...
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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. She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships ; she bringeth her food from afar.
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 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.
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 307 - 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 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.
Página 307 - 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!