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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 47
... 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 one - sidedly is a heavy price ...
... 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 one - sidedly is a heavy price ...
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... eyes and a wistful expression . He looked as one imagines a poet should look . As an old man , after a life of com- plete indolence , bald and emaciated , he had an ascetic air so that you might have taken him for a don who had spent ...
... eyes and a wistful expression . He looked as one imagines a poet should look . As an old man , after a life of com- plete indolence , bald and emaciated , he had an ascetic air so that you might have taken him for a don who had spent ...
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