Littell's Living Age, Volume 164Living Age Company Incorporated, 1885 |
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Page 16
... seemed to some de- gree to run through the whole person and bearing . His eyes , which were evidently weak , were protected by large spectacles , and his head partially covered with a small black skull - cap . " Ah ! my niece , I ...
... seemed to some de- gree to run through the whole person and bearing . His eyes , which were evidently weak , were protected by large spectacles , and his head partially covered with a small black skull - cap . " Ah ! my niece , I ...
Page 17
which seemed to carry a sort of aristo- cratic effulgence in its very syllables -- sitting hour after hour in his own front parlor , imbibing the first syllables of zoological lore from his own inspired lips , was eminently soothing to ...
which seemed to carry a sort of aristo- cratic effulgence in its very syllables -- sitting hour after hour in his own front parlor , imbibing the first syllables of zoological lore from his own inspired lips , was eminently soothing to ...
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... seemed to have drifted into doing what was at least open to the imputation of being both . Where the deuce had his usually infallible tact got to ? he asked himself , with a self - annoyance which was as rare as it was uncomfortable ...
... seemed to have drifted into doing what was at least open to the imputation of being both . Where the deuce had his usually infallible tact got to ? he asked himself , with a self - annoyance which was as rare as it was uncomfortable ...
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... seemed to him , unreasonable ness of itself ; he hated it ; he chafed calls upon her time and patience ; finally against it ; he longed to get away from it , and chiefly he loved her for that best of to find himself in the freer air ...
... seemed to him , unreasonable ness of itself ; he hated it ; he chafed calls upon her time and patience ; finally against it ; he longed to get away from it , and chiefly he loved her for that best of to find himself in the freer air ...
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... seemed no reason why I should , and then it seemed easiest to let them lie as they were , since the rest of the house amply sufficed my needs . I knew that even if they were never opened in my life- time , they would tell little to ...
... seemed no reason why I should , and then it seemed easiest to let them lie as they were , since the rest of the house amply sufficed my needs . I knew that even if they were never opened in my life- time , they would tell little to ...
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