Little What's-his-name, Volumen1

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Little, Brown, 1899 - 422 páginas

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Página 38 - Be a good boy," called his father. " Keep well," said Mine. Eyssette. Jacques tried to speak, but he could not, for he was crying too hard. Little What 's-His-Name was not crying, not he. As I have had the honor of telling you, he was a great philosopher, and it is absolutely necessary for a philosopher to be unmoved. And yet, God knows he loved those dear creatures that he left behind him in the fog; God knows he would have gladly given his flesh and blood for them. But what else can you expect?...
Página 202 - If I may be allowed to say so, it seems to me that our contractors do not always have men in actual charge that measure up to these requirements. The "walking boss...
Página 361 - His earrings were shaking, stirred by his hearty laugh, while he looked complacently from one to the other of the spectators. A big book was shoved before him. As he did not know how to write, he made a cross at the foot of the page. Then the commissary intrusted the waif to his care. "Take the boy, Fran£ois Louveau, and bring him up well.
Página 18 - But whilst so speaking — for, with all his gruffness, he is the best man in the world — he rises and goes to open the door to see what has become of Jacques. He has not far to go. Jacques is standing on the landing, behind the door, empty-handed, stricken dumb, petrified ! On seeing M. Eysette he turns pale, and, in a heart-rending and feeble voice — oh, what a feeble voice ! — he says : '

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