The Finding of NorahHoughton Mifflin, 1918 - 91 страница |
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... sure of things without having to puzzle them out . " She had not meant to speak in irony , and yet as the words came they sent a little shaft of discomfort through her . Quickly , quickly she hid her face again upon the strength of ...
... sure of things without having to puzzle them out . " She had not meant to speak in irony , and yet as the words came they sent a little shaft of discomfort through her . Quickly , quickly she hid her face again upon the strength of ...
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... sure that the drowning of Americans on a torpedoed English ship was cause for immediately declaring war . Nor was she clear as to why insults and murders committed by a few Mexican ruffians should make it necessary for a great and ...
... sure that the drowning of Americans on a torpedoed English ship was cause for immediately declaring war . Nor was she clear as to why insults and murders committed by a few Mexican ruffians should make it necessary for a great and ...
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... sure of what is right or wrong , " she said once with some wistfulness . It was during the usual afternoon tea hour , the only one in which the entire family , including Mr. Marks , came together in the big library . This young man ...
... sure of what is right or wrong , " she said once with some wistfulness . It was during the usual afternoon tea hour , the only one in which the entire family , including Mr. Marks , came together in the big library . This young man ...
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... sure and impassioned than to wander in uncertainty of mind and temperature . This kind of wander- ing leads one into contentions with the mentally robust and renders one unpop- ular with them . 24 THE FINDING OF NORAH.
... sure and impassioned than to wander in uncertainty of mind and temperature . This kind of wander- ing leads one into contentions with the mentally robust and renders one unpop- ular with them . 24 THE FINDING OF NORAH.
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... sure that it hurt her less than Henry to stop upholding and explaining her point of view about the war ; but she could submit and he could not . It was hardly thinkable that an- other such flaming question could stand in their path ...
... sure that it hurt her less than Henry to stop upholding and explaining her point of view about the war ; but she could submit and he could not . It was hardly thinkable that an- other such flaming question could stand in their path ...
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accuse afternoon American answered Norah asked Norah average mind believe Boston charming Cinderella cold comparative literature Cousin Henry cried Norah dear delight emotion evidence excitement feel FINDING OF NORAH folded surgical dressings frozen Germans girl Government hand happy hate heart Henry rose Henry's high explosive honor ideal ideas Kingsley laughed lift her eyes looked luncheon Major Barbara Mexico nations ness never Norah and Henry Norah began Norah drew Norah felt Norah found Norah knew Norah left Norah spoke Norah stood Norah thought Old Marks pacifist pale paused peace persons Plattsburg President President's pro-German proud to fight Public Garden red-hot foot scious seemed silence silly smile speak stand startling Stephen streets suddenly sure talked tea-time teacup tell things Norah to-night told the tutor uncon usual virile voice walked wanted warm White House wonder words young
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Страница 86 - To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other.
Страница 86 - There is one choice we cannot make, we are incapable of making : We will not choose the path of submission and suffer the most sacred rights of our nation and our people to be ignored or violated. The wrongs against which we now array ourselves are not common wrongs; they cut to the very roots of human life.
Страница 42 - Wilson once said that there was "such a thing as being too proud to fight"; there is also, or ought to be, such a thing as being too confident to conform, too strong to be silent in the face of apparent error. Criticism, in short, is more than a right; it is an act of patriotism, a higher form of patriotism, I believe, than the familiar rituals of national adulation.