 ... hair. I saw, in truth, nothing but those two eyes, which were all that was left of that poor woman, for the rest of her was dead. Her forehead was red, her cheeks hollow and white, and bluish on the cheek-bones. She was crouched among the straw, so...  Lights and Shades of Military Life - Página 66por comte Alfred Victor de Vigny, sir Charles James Napier - 1840Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | International peace society - 232 páginas
...two knees rising above it, and on them she was playing all alone at dominoes. She looked at us fur a moment, trembled a long time, smiled at me a little,...began to play again. It seemed to me that she was trying to make out how her right hand beat her left.' It was tho wreck of love and beauty, torn by... | |
 | 1840 - 818 páginas
...if to put to rights the straw which almost filled it, and I behold a very melancholy sight. I sawtwo blue eyes, of extraordinary size, admirable in point...hand beat her left. " Look you," said the chef de bataillon to me, " she has been playing that game for a month. To-morrow she will perhaps begin another,... | |
 | Alfred de Vigny - 1919 - 332 páginas
...her knees could only just be seen. She was playing dominoes on them all by herself. She looked at us a moment, trembled a long time, smiled at me a little, and resumed her game. It seemed to me that she was trying to understand how her right hand should beat... | |
 | 1871 - 386 páginas
...perfectly straight fair hair. I saw, in truth, nothing but those two eyes, which were all 36 MAECH, 1871. that was left of that poor woman, for the rest of...began to play again. It seemed to me that she was trying to make out how her right hand beat her left. ' It was the wreck of love and beauty, torn by... | |
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