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That night I spent a long time before the mirror , the plain girl's friend who can be relied on never to tell the truth . From its reassuring surface , softened by steam , stare eyes that are larger , starrier ; the mouth charms with ...
That night I spent a long time before the mirror , the plain girl's friend who can be relied on never to tell the truth . From its reassuring surface , softened by steam , stare eyes that are larger , starrier ; the mouth charms with ...
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a Meanwhile , the country walker can observe continually the two curious processes — the slow disappearance day by day of a neglected building , as its blocks are mysteriously removed night by night ; and the slow burial below ground of ...
a Meanwhile , the country walker can observe continually the two curious processes — the slow disappearance day by day of a neglected building , as its blocks are mysteriously removed night by night ; and the slow burial below ground of ...
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Mahmud remembers a night long ago in a rowing boat . The memory of it makes him smile to himself . It was a bright night , just like this one . The sea was one glossy vastness under the moon's steady light .
Mahmud remembers a night long ago in a rowing boat . The memory of it makes him smile to himself . It was a bright night , just like this one . The sea was one glossy vastness under the moon's steady light .
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| Title | The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 179 |
| Editor | William Makepeace Thackeray |
| Contributor | George Smith |
| Publisher | Smith, Elder and Company, 1971 |
| Original from | UC Southern Regional Library Facility |
| Digitized | 11 May 2018 |
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