The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 17; Volume 64William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1891 |
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... natural waviness - the sole beauty on which she prided herself . For she could not see her eyes as others saw them - big grey eyes that from under long lashes looked out upon you , full of such purity and truth that men meeting their ...
... natural waviness - the sole beauty on which she prided herself . For she could not see her eyes as others saw them - big grey eyes that from under long lashes looked out upon you , full of such purity and truth that men meeting their ...
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... half - stifled voice which he vainly strove to render natural . Indeed ! • I beg your pardon . I had thought - I don't know why - I mean that I had expected to see an older man . ' 6 ' I am sorry you are disappointed , ' 24 THE NEW RECTOR .
... half - stifled voice which he vainly strove to render natural . Indeed ! • I beg your pardon . I had thought - I don't know why - I mean that I had expected to see an older man . ' 6 ' I am sorry you are disappointed , ' 24 THE NEW RECTOR .
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... nature . But now , ' she continued briskly , when the curate had recovered her handkerchief for her , ' tell me what you think of him . Is he nice ? ' 6 6 Certainly , I should say so , ' the curate answered , smiling . But , though he ...
... nature . But now , ' she continued briskly , when the curate had recovered her handkerchief for her , ' tell me what you think of him . Is he nice ? ' 6 6 Certainly , I should say so , ' the curate answered , smiling . But , though he ...
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... nature of the country are stations where a supply of horses is supposed to be kept - much as in Siberia - for the furthering of official corre- spondence . Despite the badness of the roads and the generally dilapidated condition of the ...
... nature of the country are stations where a supply of horses is supposed to be kept - much as in Siberia - for the furthering of official corre- spondence . Despite the badness of the roads and the generally dilapidated condition of the ...
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... natural and abundant beauty they obtained the name of the Elysian Fields . Ezekiel mentions the fact that the Tyrians traded with the Isles of Elishah ( Elysian Fields ) , and the Carthaginians went thither for the purple of the murex ...
... natural and abundant beauty they obtained the name of the Elysian Fields . Ezekiel mentions the fact that the Tyrians traded with the Isles of Elishah ( Elysian Fields ) , and the Carthaginians went thither for the purple of the murex ...
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