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... added intellectual charms to those of Ellesif . Though her hair was black , her eyes were blue ( not the light azure of sunny day , but the deep blue of starry night ) ; and the shade of their long B 3 THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY . 5 was ...
... added intellectual charms to those of Ellesif . Though her hair was black , her eyes were blue ( not the light azure of sunny day , but the deep blue of starry night ) ; and the shade of their long B 3 THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY . 5 was ...
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... added a glow of character and a sin cerity that just touched the verge of impru- dence ; yet both these qualities were less visi- ble in her appearance than in her conduct . Her manner was timid when her counte nance was most animated ...
... added a glow of character and a sin cerity that just touched the verge of impru- dence ; yet both these qualities were less visi- ble in her appearance than in her conduct . Her manner was timid when her counte nance was most animated ...
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... added , " I mean I am neither a performer nor a judge of it . ” " You draw then ? " was the second re- mark . For the first time in his life , he felt reluctant to own that he knew nothing of drawing either : " but I am a sincere ad ...
... added , " I mean I am neither a performer nor a judge of it . ” " You draw then ? " was the second re- mark . For the first time in his life , he felt reluctant to own that he knew nothing of drawing either : " but I am a sincere ad ...
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... added , “ I cannot imagine . It seems to me that no one can deny his being extremely handsome . He is evi- dently unused to female society , therefore embarrassed by it , and that takes some- thing from the gracefulness of his air ...
... added , “ I cannot imagine . It seems to me that no one can deny his being extremely handsome . He is evi- dently unused to female society , therefore embarrassed by it , and that takes some- thing from the gracefulness of his air ...
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... the admiral in the hall , waiting for them . Count Lauvenheilm presented Theodore , adding some handsome expres- sion of the esteem with which he considered VOL . II . him . The Admiral bowed coldly . He was a THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY . 25.
... the admiral in the hall , waiting for them . Count Lauvenheilm presented Theodore , adding some handsome expres- sion of the esteem with which he considered VOL . II . him . The Admiral bowed coldly . He was a THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY . 25.
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Page 138 - ON A GIRDLE THAT which her slender waist confined Shall now my joyful temples bind : No monarch but would give his crown His arms might do what this has done. It was my Heaven's extremest sphere, The pale which held that lovely deer : My joy, my grief, my hope, my love Did all within this circle move. A narrow compass ! and yet there Dwelt all that's good, and all that's fair : Give me but what this ribband bound, Take all the rest the Sun goes round.
Page 59 - In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, Where most may wonder at the workmanship. It is for homely features to keep home; They had their name thence: coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain will serve to ply The sampler, and to tease the huswife's wool.