Littell's Living Age, Volume 164Living Age Company Incorporated, 1885 |
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Page 174
... stand - point , or approach it from a starting - point . that " a limited number was printed , " and. " The most ... stands like an engine upon a siding . " This is a strange combination of metaphors . The following example is curious as ...
... stand - point , or approach it from a starting - point . that " a limited number was printed , " and. " The most ... stands like an engine upon a siding . " This is a strange combination of metaphors . The following example is curious as ...
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... stand about in knots , they stop before the door of their own dressed in their grey homespun suits , wide felt hats , and high boots . They wear their thick shock hair , mostly of the tawny hue peculiar to the Lettish peas- Soon the ...
... stand about in knots , they stop before the door of their own dressed in their grey homespun suits , wide felt hats , and high boots . They wear their thick shock hair , mostly of the tawny hue peculiar to the Lettish peas- Soon the ...
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... stand still . " " And so would ' Menico stand still , if it was to please the signorina . He is not very well educated , but he knows enough for that ; or even myself , though you will think , perhaps , I am too old to make a pretty ...
... stand still . " " And so would ' Menico stand still , if it was to please the signorina . He is not very well educated , but he knows enough for that ; or even myself , though you will think , perhaps , I am too old to make a pretty ...
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