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... beauty in the festival of life . At the rustle of her dress Tristrem had arisen . As the girl crossed the room he bethought him of a garden of lilies ; though why , for the life of him , he could not have explained . He heard his name ...
... beauty in the festival of life . At the rustle of her dress Tristrem had arisen . As the girl crossed the room he bethought him of a garden of lilies ; though why , for the life of him , he could not have explained . He heard his name ...
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... in its precipitate flights and vertiginous descents . disclosing landscapes riotous with flowers , rich with perfume , sentient with beauty , articulate with love ; a voice voluptuous as an organ and languorous as the Tristrem Varick . 25.
... in its precipitate flights and vertiginous descents . disclosing landscapes riotous with flowers , rich with perfume , sentient with beauty , articulate with love ; a voice voluptuous as an organ and languorous as the Tristrem Varick . 25.
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... beauty and explained the melancholy of her lips . " It is Madeleine , ” he said , “ it can be nothing else . ” And into the syllables he threw the waving inflec- tion of the French . It is Madeleine , " he continued , " and when I see ...
... beauty and explained the melancholy of her lips . " It is Madeleine , ” he said , “ it can be nothing else . ” And into the syllables he threw the waving inflec- tion of the French . It is Madeleine , " he continued , " and when I see ...
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... beauty she still preserved . When she spoke her voice endeared her to you , and in her manner there was that some- thing which made you feel that she might be calumniated 42 1ristrem Varick . "I can imagine a husband," thought Tristrem...
... beauty she still preserved . When she spoke her voice endeared her to you , and in her manner there was that some- thing which made you feel that she might be calumniated 42 1ristrem Varick . "I can imagine a husband," thought Tristrem...
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... beauty . But at the mention of the bonnet - pin he turned to look : " Surely , Tristrem , you would not give her that ; it's an opal . " " And what if it is ? " " But it is not lucky . " Tristrem smiled blithely , with the bravery that ...
... beauty . But at the mention of the bonnet - pin he turned to look : " Surely , Tristrem , you would not give her that ; it's an opal . " " And what if it is ? " " But it is not lucky . " Tristrem smiled blithely , with the bravery that ...
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Page 105 - No person having a husband, wife, child or parent, shall, by his or her last will and testament, devise or bequeath to any benevolent, charitable, literary, scientific, religious or missionary society, association or corporation, in trust or otherwise, more than one-half part of his or her estate, after the payment of his or her debts, and such devise or bequest shall be valid to the extent of one-half, and no more.
Page 106 - ... no such devise or bequest shall be valid in any will which shall not have been made and executed at least two months before the death of the testator.