The Listener, Volume 1James Nisbet, 1830 - Education |
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Page 11
... dress herself - ano- ther confessed he had passed an additional hour in bed , because the day promised him so little to do up . One by one , as they dropped in , the seats at the breakfast table filled ; and as a single news- paper was ...
... dress herself - ano- ther confessed he had passed an additional hour in bed , because the day promised him so little to do up . One by one , as they dropped in , the seats at the breakfast table filled ; and as a single news- paper was ...
Page 14
... dress . And then half an hour elapsed , in which , as I understood from their im- patience , they were waiting for dinner , each in turn complaining of the waste of time occasioned by its delay ; and the little use it would be to go ...
... dress . And then half an hour elapsed , in which , as I understood from their im- patience , they were waiting for dinner , each in turn complaining of the waste of time occasioned by its delay ; and the little use it would be to go ...
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... dress , their easy familiarity and small numbers , did not indicate a party , and yet there were more than might belong to a single family . This was not hard to under- stand . And how powerfully came to my mind , at the moment , the ...
... dress , their easy familiarity and small numbers , did not indicate a party , and yet there were more than might belong to a single family . This was not hard to under- stand . And how powerfully came to my mind , at the moment , the ...
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... dress . Here , too , the gentle critic must concede something to what makes a necessary part of a woman's business ... dress in the abstract , to dress in the application , and all the dresses of all the ladies in the parish , red , blue ...
... dress . Here , too , the gentle critic must concede something to what makes a necessary part of a woman's business ... dress in the abstract , to dress in the application , and all the dresses of all the ladies in the parish , red , blue ...
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... dresses transform the most exquisite of nature's works into the likeness of the mimic puppet - show . But they , it ... dress of a third , engrossed all eyes , and set all tongues in motion . On one pale ر cheek , I saw the blush of ...
... dresses transform the most exquisite of nature's works into the likeness of the mimic puppet - show . But they , it ... dress of a third , engrossed all eyes , and set all tongues in motion . On one pale ر cheek , I saw the blush of ...
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