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... beautiful exceedingly " ; with golden hair and bright blue eyes , a light , elastic tread , and faultless figure , slightly inclining to the embonpoint , but above the middle height . She advanced towards me , and at her uncle's ...
... beautiful exceedingly " ; with golden hair and bright blue eyes , a light , elastic tread , and faultless figure , slightly inclining to the embonpoint , but above the middle height . She advanced towards me , and at her uncle's ...
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... beautiful fish at my feet - the pro- jected prosecution — passed at once from my mind , and hastening forward , I warmly greeted the young lady , and assisted her to dismount . CHAPTER IV . MY FIRST FISH . SHE sprung lightly 32 GROUSE ...
... beautiful fish at my feet - the pro- jected prosecution — passed at once from my mind , and hastening forward , I warmly greeted the young lady , and assisted her to dismount . CHAPTER IV . MY FIRST FISH . SHE sprung lightly 32 GROUSE ...
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... beautiful and interesting creature . All sorts of strange birds , and many curious varieties of fish frequent this coast ; among others the sunfish , or basking shark , the liver of which is said to furnish some hogsheads of oil , and ...
... beautiful and interesting creature . All sorts of strange birds , and many curious varieties of fish frequent this coast ; among others the sunfish , or basking shark , the liver of which is said to furnish some hogsheads of oil , and ...
Page 80
... beautiful , if not noble , birds left to grace our British Fauna . The patience of the old birds must have been sorely tried by the continued claims of this nearly adult youngster , who ought to have been earning his own living months ...
... beautiful , if not noble , birds left to grace our British Fauna . The patience of the old birds must have been sorely tried by the continued claims of this nearly adult youngster , who ought to have been earning his own living months ...
Page 122
... beautiful every moment . Presently I come in view of the Vice- regal Lodge , a spacious white edifice , ugly , but comfortable - looking enough . Close at hand lay two fine bucks , and I marvel at their apparent good - fellowship ...
... beautiful every moment . Presently I come in view of the Vice- regal Lodge , a spacious white edifice , ugly , but comfortable - looking enough . Close at hand lay two fine bucks , and I marvel at their apparent good - fellowship ...
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Page 115 - Yet," upon the river; Some jealousy of some one's heir, Some hopes of dying broken-hearted; A miniature, a lock of hair, The usual vows, — and then we parted. We parted: months and years rolled by; We met again four summers after. Our parting was all sob and sigh, — Our meeting was all mirth and laughter; For, in my heart's most secret cell, There had been many other lodgers; And she was not the ball-room's belle, But only Mrs. — Something — Rogers!