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...2002 by Global Language Resources, Inc. All rights reserved. First published in English, 1901. First published in Russian, 1877. “Vengeance is mine; ... ...t I Chapter 1 H APPY families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Everything was in confusion in the Oblonskys’ house. The ... ...and was carrying on an intrigue with a French girl, who had been a governess in their family, and she had announced to her hus band that she could no... ... letter stating his objections. He accused the professor of making too great concessions to the materialists. And the professor had promptly appeared ... ...ming with the light of candles, white cloth, silver samovar, and transparent china tea things. The hostess sat down at the table and took off her glov... ... Countess Lidia Ivanovna had sent him a pamphlet by a celebrated traveler in China, who was staying in Petersburg, and with it she enclosed a note beg... ...ou may as well sit there,” he said to Levin. The dinner was as choice as the china, in which Stepan Arkadyevitch was a connoisseur. The soupe Marie Lo... ...their intelli gence.” “Oh, by what work? Do you call it work to get hold of concessions and spec ulate with them?” “Of course it’s work. Work in thi...

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... 483 CHAPTER 1 1 CHAPTER 1 U nder certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as a... ... dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. There are circum stances in which, whether you partake of the tea or not—some people of course nev... ...ou partake of the tea or not—some people of course never do—the situation is in itself delightful. Those that I have in mind in be ginning to unfold ... ...would! For what do you take me, pray? Heaven help me, I’m not the Emperor of China! All I offer you is the chance of taking the common lot in a comfor... ...ur young lady might have found touching if her face had not been set against concessions. This attitude was part of a system, a theory, that she had l... ...cious youth, with what are called cultivated tastes—an acquaintance with old china, with good wine, with the bindings of books, with the Almanach de G... ... her in amorous meditation a good deal as he might have thought of a Dresden china shepherdess. Miss Osmond, indeed, in the bloom of her juvenility, h... ...ng justified in having always thought highly of Henrietta. She had made large concessions with regard to her, and had yet insisted that, with all abate... .... Your cousin is nothing whatever to me, and I’m under no obligation to make concessions to him. I’ve already made the very handsomest. Your relations...

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...y before it; his white cassock cascaded across the red, soft cushion. He gently entwined the ebony rosary beads between his fingers, crossed himself in the supplicant tradition, and kissed the crucifix as he closed his eyes and began to recite out-loud the Five Holy Mysteries of the Rosary. His nightly reverie, before bed, calmed him and connected his soul to the subl...

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...e gently entwined the ebony rosary beads between his fingers, crossed himself in the supplicant tradition, and kissed the crucifix as he closed his ... ...e Vatican, the spiritual responsibility of guiding over one-billion Catholics in the area of faith and morals. This was his time to commune with his... ... with his own spirituality, to harmonize his soul with the peace of his Father in Heaven. He rolled the rosary beads, one by one, through his finge... ...h. “I’ve got a meeting with our Colombian friends. They’re going to want some concessions from you, in writing.” “I’ll do whatever you suggest.” ... ... "As to the extent of the war, we believe the first wave will begin in Japan, China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and eventually, Colombia." 225 J.Cros... ...e world." "When the time is right, I will send Secretary of State Bennett to China. As head of the Armed Services Committee, Alex, I'm counting on ... ...o meet with a delegation of high Chinese officials in the Japanese Embassy in China." "It's time to send the Secretary of State then," Nolan said. ... ...ss/Artemis "I agree, but they still want results. Perhaps, they have given concessions to the Mafia for temporarily halting the shipments of drug... ...a truth; it's always better than a lie. I told them that the US has made some concessions to the Mafia in exchange for the Italians voting with us o...

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...r congruity and force to inhabitants of that United Kingdom, peopled from so many different stocks, babbling so many different dialects, and offering in its extent such singular contrasts, from the busiest over-population to the unkindliest desert, from the Black Country to the Moor of Rannoch. It is not only when we cross the seas that we go abroad; there are foreign part...

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