 | David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Walter Morris - 1899 - 536 стор.
...and Lucile stood before him. What a queen she looked, how peerless and incomparable among all women ! The fine tiara she wore suggested sovereignty, and...some amusements which his philosophy taught him to despise. Lucile was captured by the Russian Ambassador, and he remained a spectator. Lieutenant Tiro... | |
 | Carl Eric Bechhofer Roberts - 1927 - 320 стор.
...dinner-parties and dances, but Churchill rarely descends to such frivolity. He is too serious and too busy. "Savrola did not dance; there were some amusements which his philosophy taught him to despise." When he emerges, however, he imposes his personality on the company. His is not the studied... | |
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... nor do gentlemen fight with bludgeons." " I prefer swords," said Savrola reflectively. He had reached the head of the stairs and Lucile stood before him. What a queen she looked, how peerless and incomparable among all women ! The fine tiara she wore... 