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... fresh flow of incidents , the sense of being homeless , and therefore free , had done something for our poor Faun ; these circumstances had at least promoted a reaction , which might else have been slower in its progress . Then , no ...
... fresh flow of incidents , the sense of being homeless , and therefore free , had done something for our poor Faun ; these circumstances had at least promoted a reaction , which might else have been slower in its progress . Then , no ...
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... fresh and rosy perhaps , but yellow and dingy in our day , and retaining only a tradi- tionary charm . These impure pictures are from the same illustrious and impious hands that ad- ventured to call before us the august forms of ...
... fresh and rosy perhaps , but yellow and dingy in our day , and retaining only a tradi- tionary charm . These impure pictures are from the same illustrious and impious hands that ad- ventured to call before us the august forms of ...
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... fresh thoughts , at which he was often moved to smile , although , on turn- ing them over a little more , he sometimes dis- covered that they looked fanciful only because so absolutely true . But , indeed , she was not quite in a normal ...
... fresh thoughts , at which he was often moved to smile , although , on turn- ing them over a little more , he sometimes dis- covered that they looked fanciful only because so absolutely true . But , indeed , she was not quite in a normal ...
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... part , Hilda returned to her customary occupations with a fresh love for them , and yet with a deeper look into the heart of things ; such as those necessarily acquire , who have passed from 122 ROMANCE OF MONTE BENI .
... part , Hilda returned to her customary occupations with a fresh love for them , and yet with a deeper look into the heart of things ; such as those necessarily acquire , who have passed from 122 ROMANCE OF MONTE BENI .
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... fresh appetite for the next ensuing sin . Here was a soldiery , who felt Rome to be their conquered city , and doubt- less considered themselves the legal inheritors of the foul licence which Gaul , Goth , and Vandal have here exercised ...
... fresh appetite for the next ensuing sin . Here was a soldiery , who felt Rome to be their conquered city , and doubt- less considered themselves the legal inheritors of the foul licence which Gaul , Goth , and Vandal have here exercised ...
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