A Sister to EsauDodd, Mead, 1891 - 341 pages |
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... dresses . Scotia's tastes had been derived from her father , but he was not able to give her the same sympathy . His health was frail ; he was a late riser ; it was always afternoon or evening before he felt able to take his regular ...
... dresses . Scotia's tastes had been derived from her father , but he was not able to give her the same sympathy . His health was frail ; he was a late riser ; it was always afternoon or evening before he felt able to take his regular ...
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... dress , the pink kerchief round her throat , the white daisies in her hand , the little gypsy bonnet of rough straw tied under her white , resolute chin , were all indivisible parts of an exquisite womanly picture . " Miss Rodney ...
... dress , the pink kerchief round her throat , the white daisies in her hand , the little gypsy bonnet of rough straw tied under her white , resolute chin , were all indivisible parts of an exquisite womanly picture . " Miss Rodney ...
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... dress hung in long folds of exquisite color and shimmer . All was perfect . She looked divinely grand and beautiful . But she smiled , and the smile undeified her . She had hardly understood her own countenance in its light . It ...
... dress hung in long folds of exquisite color and shimmer . All was perfect . She looked divinely grand and beautiful . But she smiled , and the smile undeified her . She had hardly understood her own countenance in its light . It ...
Page 49
... dress , and trimmed boots were irresistible . Scotia and Bertha fell completely under the Slavic spell , and there was no talk in Rodney House that did not in some way refer to the new dance , or the new dress . It shared Blair's heart ...
... dress , and trimmed boots were irresistible . Scotia and Bertha fell completely under the Slavic spell , and there was no talk in Rodney House that did not in some way refer to the new dance , or the new dress . It shared Blair's heart ...
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... dress ; and hated to see her in it . Some one tried to play the peculiar startling melody on the piano , and instantly Blair and Scotia were executing the fascinat- ing movement . Angus tried to shut his eyes — to tear himself away - to ...
... dress ; and hated to see her in it . Some one tried to play the peculiar startling melody on the piano , and instantly Blair and Scotia were executing the fascinat- ing movement . Angus tried to shut his eyes — to tear himself away - to ...
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