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... fear lest he should display any gross ignorance of the forms of elegant life , for the first time quick- ened the motion of his blood . He was re- lieved by finding Madame Sauveur alone : her voluble good spirits set him directly at ...
... fear lest he should display any gross ignorance of the forms of elegant life , for the first time quick- ened the motion of his blood . He was re- lieved by finding Madame Sauveur alone : her voluble good spirits set him directly at ...
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... fear of exposing herself to the ridicule she dreaded . Often conscious that her feelings . were visible to every surrounding observer ; when prudence or delicacy would have wished them concealed , she endeavoured , with bitter ...
... fear of exposing herself to the ridicule she dreaded . Often conscious that her feelings . were visible to every surrounding observer ; when prudence or delicacy would have wished them concealed , she endeavoured , with bitter ...
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... fear , by your looks , that you know what I mean . Ah ! I see you were present . " Theodore could not deny that he had been there . Ellesif closed the case of me- dals , and , completely subdued by the recol- lection of her supposed ...
... fear , by your looks , that you know what I mean . Ah ! I see you were present . " Theodore could not deny that he had been there . Ellesif closed the case of me- dals , and , completely subdued by the recol- lection of her supposed ...
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... fear this hurry is not what you are used to ! " à " Certainly not , my lord , " replied Theo . dore , " but I have a mind that is not easily tired ; and it is my greatest pleasure to be with you , to be employed by you . The Count's ...
... fear this hurry is not what you are used to ! " à " Certainly not , my lord , " replied Theo . dore , " but I have a mind that is not easily tired ; and it is my greatest pleasure to be with you , to be employed by you . The Count's ...
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... fear not impossible , " replied Theo- dore ; " I should think there are hearts whom nothing could charm but sympathy , or some peculiar feature of character ; and it is just possible that Countess Anastasia might not have that feature ...
... fear not impossible , " replied Theo- dore ; " I should think there are hearts whom nothing could charm but sympathy , or some peculiar feature of character ; and it is just possible that Countess Anastasia might not have that feature ...
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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.