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... eye , which seemed to glitter with suppressed fun and humour , and a joke seemed to be ever playing round the corners of his expressive mouth . To my thinking , he bore upon his face and in his manner the characteristic marks of the ...
... eye , which seemed to glitter with suppressed fun and humour , and a joke seemed to be ever playing round the corners of his expressive mouth . To my thinking , he bore upon his face and in his manner the characteristic marks of the ...
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... eyes , and flaxen , unkempt hair . " What is it you're wanting , you little mischief ? " " Shure , dadda's afther takin ' the pledge , and Minnie sent me to ax yer ' onner to sarve him . " " Your Minnie ! Why , you young sorrow ...
... eyes , and flaxen , unkempt hair . " What is it you're wanting , you little mischief ? " " Shure , dadda's afther takin ' the pledge , and Minnie sent me to ax yer ' onner to sarve him . " " Your Minnie ! Why , you young sorrow ...
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... eye kindled feelings indelible , ineffaceable — until sup- plemented by other flashes from other bright eyes , when " Eyes looked love to eyes that spake again . " But why expatiate ? She , the arbitress , as 8 THE LODGE .
... eye kindled feelings indelible , ineffaceable — until sup- plemented by other flashes from other bright eyes , when " Eyes looked love to eyes that spake again . " But why expatiate ? She , the arbitress , as 8 THE LODGE .
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... 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 introduction , " My niece , Miss Honor O'Hara ; my old friend's ...
... 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 introduction , " My niece , Miss Honor O'Hara ; my old friend's ...
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... eyes seemed positively to glitter . The rather short petticoats , I had before remarked , conduced to the appearance of grace and activity which every motion betokened . She was gathering parsley , and she held a bunch of that " crisp ...
... eyes seemed positively to glitter . The rather short petticoats , I had before remarked , conduced to the appearance of grace and activity which every motion betokened . She was gathering parsley , and she held a bunch of that " crisp ...
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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!