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... thought she pleased him less than the night before ; but the playful ex- pressions of her face had so much variety and beauty , and so poetical an imagination was shewn in the sportiveness of her con- versation , .4 THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY .
... thought she pleased him less than the night before ; but the playful ex- pressions of her face had so much variety and beauty , and so poetical an imagination was shewn in the sportiveness of her con- versation , .4 THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY .
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... imagination : there was nothing in it to find fault with ; nothing to admire . Ere the evening closed , Theodore began to wonder how the world had been so mistaken as to imagine Ana . stasia more charming than her sister . More ...
... imagination : there was nothing in it to find fault with ; nothing to admire . Ere the evening closed , Theodore began to wonder how the world had been so mistaken as to imagine Ana . stasia more charming than her sister . More ...
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... imagination would . yield no obedience to the reason of another . Anastasia was brought from her instru- ment by the distressed tones of her sister . She appeared sincerely sorry for Ellesif's distress , but agreed with Theodore in pro ...
... imagination would . yield no obedience to the reason of another . Anastasia was brought from her instru- ment by the distressed tones of her sister . She appeared sincerely sorry for Ellesif's distress , but agreed with Theodore in pro ...
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... " I would advise folks never to raise the curtain . Nothing can be a better scheme for a stupid , good- looking fellow , than to affect the silent and reserved . Imagination makes what it likes of him , 40 THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY .
... " I would advise folks never to raise the curtain . Nothing can be a better scheme for a stupid , good- looking fellow , than to affect the silent and reserved . Imagination makes what it likes of him , 40 THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY .
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Anna Maria Porter. reserved . Imagination makes what it likes of him , and peoples his mysterious shades with goblins or gods at will . But I think he was a little smart just now ; I liked that ' taste of his quality ' very well ...
Anna Maria Porter. reserved . Imagination makes what it likes of him , and peoples his mysterious shades with goblins or gods at will . But I think he was a little smart just now ; I liked that ' taste of his quality ' very well ...
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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.