The Clutch of CircumstanceA. L. Burt, 1918 - 230 σελίδες |
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The Clutch of Circumstance (Classic Reprint) Marjorie Benton Cooke Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2018 |
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American amusing Andrew Stark Anglo-Saxon answer asked attention beautiful began begged Belovéd bowed Brooks called Captain Insull Captain Larry O'Toole Captain O'Toole Carter Cecily's court martial cried dear death deep door Duchess of Wrowe enemy England eyes face garden gave German girl gone hand Hartshire hate heart Heinrich Brück Hughie inquired Irishman Irmin Ivan Insull Judge Advocate kissed knew Lady Bobs Lady Cecily Lady Harrison Lady Roberta Trask Lady Trask laid Languedoc laughed London looked Lord Kendrick loyalty lunch Mallory ment Mildred Downer mind Miss Downer mother motor never night nodded once passion patriotism poet protested replied seemed silent Sir Ashton Trask smiled speak spirit spoke stay stood Stoten sure Surrey talk Teddy tell Thank thing thought tion told turned voice waited War Office wish woman women word
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Σελίδα 159 - Jamaica, and I do further swear that I will not on any account, at any time whatsoever, disclose the counsel, advice, opinion or vote of any particular Minister or Parliamentary Secretary and that I will not, except with the authority of the Cabinet and to such extent as may be required for the good management of the affairs of...
Σελίδα 8 - OUT OF the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Σελίδα 32 - They think we cannot beat them. It will not be easy. It will be a long job ; it will be a terrible war ; but in the end we shall march through terror to triumph. We shall need all our qualities — every quality that Britain and its people possess — prudence in counsel, daring in action, tenacity in purpose, courage in defeat, moderation in victory ; in all things faith.
Σελίδα 230 - Peace, my heart, let the time for the parting be sweet. Let it not be a death but completeness. Let love melt into memory and pain into songs. Let the flight through the sky end in the folding of the wings over the nest. Let the last touch of your hands be gentle like the flowers of the night. Stand still, O Beautiful End, for a moment, and say your last words in silence. I bow to you and hold up my lamp to light you on your way.13 18 The Gardener, p.
Σελίδα 31 - We are not fighting the German people. The German people are under the heel of this military caste, and it will be a day of rejoicing for the German peasant, artisan, and trader when the military caste is broken. You know its pretensions.
Σελίδα 31 - ... recent events, that there is as great a store of kindliness in the German peasant as in any peasant in the world; but he has been drilled into a false idea of civilization.
Σελίδα 31 - ... wants Galicia. They can understand you fighting for vengeance — they can understand you fighting for mastery — they can understand you fighting for greed of territory; but they cannot understand a great empire pledging its resources, pledging its might, pledging the lives of its children, pledging its very existence, to protect a little nation that seeks to defend herself.
Σελίδα 160 - I, , do swear, that I will not upon any account, at any time whatsoever, " disclose or discover the vote or opinion of any particular member of the court-martial, " unless thereunto required in due course of law. So help me GOD.
Σελίδα 30 - There is little doubt that an Army so formed will, in quality and character, in native energy, in the comprehension which each individual has of the cause for which he is fighting, exceed in merit any army in the world. We have only to have a chance of even numbers, or anything approaching even numbers, to demonstrate the superiority of free-thinking active citizens over the docile sheep who serve the ferocious ambitions of drastic kings.
Σελίδα 203 - The ill ye do, by two and two, Ye pay for, one by one,