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... eyes and a look of good - humoured determination . My mother was very small , with large brown eyes and hair of a rich reddish gold , exquisite features and a lovely skin . She was very much admired . One of her great friends was Lady ...
... eyes and a look of good - humoured determination . My mother was very small , with large brown eyes and hair of a rich reddish gold , exquisite features and a lovely skin . She was very much admired . One of her great friends was Lady ...
Page 68
... eyes to truth , beauty and goodness because they give no scope to your sense of the ridiculous . The humorist has a quick eye for the humbug ; he does not always recognize the saint . But if to see men [ 68 ] 20.
... eyes to truth , beauty and goodness because they give no scope to your sense of the ridiculous . The humorist has a quick eye for the humbug ; he does not always recognize the saint . But if to see men [ 68 ] 20.
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... eyes . He makes them more self - conscious than they really are . He makes them more reflective and more complicated . He throws himself into them , trying to make them ordinary men , but he never quite succeeds ; for the peculiarity ...
... eyes . He makes them more self - conscious than they really are . He makes them more reflective and more complicated . He throws himself into them , trying to make them ordinary men , but he never quite succeeds ; for the peculiarity ...
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