The EarthquakeC. Scribner's sons, 1918 - 305 páginas |
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... own kind about except my wife and daughter , I was in a position to estimate the real value of the sort of life I had worked so hard to live . Was it , I asked myself , worth the 16 candle ? After all , did I get anything out THE ...
... own kind about except my wife and daughter , I was in a position to estimate the real value of the sort of life I had worked so hard to live . Was it , I asked myself , worth the 16 candle ? After all , did I get anything out THE ...
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... wife ; " then you can take plenty of time to engage your servants . I think I'll drop down to the office to see how things are going . Probably I'll be up to lunch . " We were back in New York , back in our home town , back in our old ...
... wife ; " then you can take plenty of time to engage your servants . I think I'll drop down to the office to see how things are going . Probably I'll be up to lunch . " We were back in New York , back in our home town , back in our old ...
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... wife and daughter up to take a suite at the Chatwold ? " He chuckled . " There's the telephone , " he said humorously , push- ing it toward me . " I think I need your help , old man , " I replied . " Just sit down here with me - will ...
... wife and daughter up to take a suite at the Chatwold ? " He chuckled . " There's the telephone , " he said humorously , push- ing it toward me . " I think I need your help , old man , " I replied . " Just sit down here with me - will ...
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... wife might buy a fur coat or something ! " My pet stenographer , Miss Peterson , who , in spite of her halo of bronze - colored hair , is the most efficient young woman I have ever had the good fortune to meet , had always attended to ...
... wife might buy a fur coat or something ! " My pet stenographer , Miss Peterson , who , in spite of her halo of bronze - colored hair , is the most efficient young woman I have ever had the good fortune to meet , had always attended to ...
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... wife lunching in the sunlit private suite at the Chatwold she had engaged to tide us over tem- porarily until she could secure her staff of servants . " Sit down , " she said . " The waiter will be back presently . What will you have ...
... wife lunching in the sunlit private suite at the Chatwold she had engaged to tide us over tem- porarily until she could secure her staff of servants . " Sit down , " she said . " The waiter will be back presently . What will you have ...
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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!