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Page 42
... tall fir trees , dark and ragged , their sombre green veiled in a silver mist , as though the hoar - frost of a hundred winters had endured into the summer as a chill vapour . In front of them , at the edge of the hill up which in ...
... tall fir trees , dark and ragged , their sombre green veiled in a silver mist , as though the hoar - frost of a hundred winters had endured into the summer as a chill vapour . In front of them , at the edge of the hill up which in ...
Page 104
... tall and well - made , their nose is flattish , their eyes are large and their lips full and sensual . Their hair is dark and crisply curling . They incline to fat , and the women , grace- ful and slender in youth , with age become very ...
... tall and well - made , their nose is flattish , their eyes are large and their lips full and sensual . Their hair is dark and crisply curling . They incline to fat , and the women , grace- ful and slender in youth , with age become very ...
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... tall thin man with white hair , a sallow dark skin and a flat nose . He talked a great deal in a loud rasping voice ; he seemed to like the sound of it . He spoke in a formal elaborate way , using in conversation words which we are ...
... tall thin man with white hair , a sallow dark skin and a flat nose . He talked a great deal in a loud rasping voice ; he seemed to like the sound of it . He spoke in a formal elaborate way , using in conversation words which we are ...
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