 Cam mia, cara mia, sang the sailors ; and his wife's face in its perfect refinement and sweet beauty suddenly replaced the Mediterranean. Had he belittled his wife, with her wealth of sacrifice and delicate nature, beside women in spectacles who wrote...  Afterwards: And Other Stories - Side 5av Ian Maclaren - 1898 - 375 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1895 - 534 sider
...on the bondage of marriage, and leaders of fashion who could talk of everything, from horse- racing to palmistry? He had only glanced at her last letter;...disappointed not to get, a letter — you see how exacting 1 am, sir. I waited for every post, and Bertie said, ' Has father's letter come yet ? ' When one is... | |
 | John Watson - 1898 - 492 sider
...brilliant man wedded to a dull wife, and there were hours — his worst hours — when he agreed. Cam mia, cara mia, sang the sailors ; and his wife's face...in glasses, till we had made our tea-table lovely. Bui I was just one little bit disappointed not to get a letter — you see how exacting I am, sir.... | |
 | 1925 - 584 sider
...soon his wife's face in its perfect, refined and sweet beauty suddenly replaced the Mediterranean. He had only glanced at her last letter, now he read...I amused ourselves arranging and rearranging them until we had made our tea-table lovely. But I was just one little bit disappointed not to get a letter... | |
 | 1912 - 584 sider
...soon his wife's face in its perfect, refined and sweet beauty suddenly replaced the Mediterranean. He had only glanced at her last letter, now he read...I amused ourselves arranging and rearranging them until we had made our tea-table lovely. But I was just one little bit disappointed not to get a letter... | |
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