The dull stone house, by Kenner Deene, Volume 2; Volume 1051862 |
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Page 11
... hair fell profusely round the face , and it was a face like unto an angel's . Perhaps , if the fea- tures had been compared with those of Miss Percy , the palm for mere regularity of outline might have been awarded to her ; but here ...
... hair fell profusely round the face , and it was a face like unto an angel's . Perhaps , if the fea- tures had been compared with those of Miss Percy , the palm for mere regularity of outline might have been awarded to her ; but here ...
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... hair was wound gracefully about her head , a falling collar of white lace was round her throat . Emma , the untidy of Portarlington Place , was no more . She had merged into Emma the coquette . She had twisted one rich , red rose amid ...
... hair was wound gracefully about her head , a falling collar of white lace was round her throat . Emma , the untidy of Portarlington Place , was no more . She had merged into Emma the coquette . She had twisted one rich , red rose amid ...
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... hair light . He wore no whiskers , only a small silky moustache . His favourite haunt was Paris . His manners , his ideas , his tone altogether had taken a foreign tinge . Ancient as was his name , enormous as were his possessions ...
... hair light . He wore no whiskers , only a small silky moustache . His favourite haunt was Paris . His manners , his ideas , his tone altogether had taken a foreign tinge . Ancient as was his name , enormous as were his possessions ...
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... hair ; even the same dark hat , and drooping feather . She was a creature full of grace , was Flora Heartley . Every action was airy , unstudied , flexile . Eighteen summers had shed their suns on her bright , young head . Eighteen ...
... hair ; even the same dark hat , and drooping feather . She was a creature full of grace , was Flora Heartley . Every action was airy , unstudied , flexile . Eighteen summers had shed their suns on her bright , young head . Eighteen ...
Page 58
... hair and silky moustache curled to admiration , his " tout ensemble " faultless , his smile charming , his voice like music , and he bowed , and flattered , and behaved himself " comme ordinaire , " as a man of fashion and of the world ...
... hair and silky moustache curled to admiration , his " tout ensemble " faultless , his smile charming , his voice like music , and he bowed , and flattered , and behaved himself " comme ordinaire , " as a man of fashion and of the world ...
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Page 131 - If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us; but if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Page 109 - Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!
Page 106 - Ne'er tell me of glories serenely adorning The close of our day, the calm eve of our night: Give me back, give me back the wild freshness of morning, — Its smiles and its tears are worth evening's best light.
Page 156 - He was a good man and his loss will be deeply felt by a large circle of friends...
Page 210 - Towards the close of the last century, that is to say, about seventy years ago...