Mrs Lorimer: A Sketch in Black and WhiteMacmillan, 1892 - 415 pages |
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... light of a pro- digal , who at her still tender age had managed to run through the stock of experiences that last most women their whole lives . She seemed in some way to have got quite an unfair start of them ; to have assumed brevet ...
... light of a pro- digal , who at her still tender age had managed to run through the stock of experiences that last most women their whole lives . She seemed in some way to have got quite an unfair start of them ; to have assumed brevet ...
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... light of the lamp fell with irritating clearness on the top of his travelling - cap , the end of his nose , and the point of his light- brown beard . No amount of dreaming would dream away that solid English figure ; and he sat there as ...
... light of the lamp fell with irritating clearness on the top of his travelling - cap , the end of his nose , and the point of his light- brown beard . No amount of dreaming would dream away that solid English figure ; and he sat there as ...
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... light of a glowing fire in the well - remembered panelled hall . Aware of a glimmer of white cap- lappets and of the delicate rose - scent of Mrs. Main- waring's garments , as that gentle woman , with mur- murings of welcome and pity ...
... light of a glowing fire in the well - remembered panelled hall . Aware of a glimmer of white cap- lappets and of the delicate rose - scent of Mrs. Main- waring's garments , as that gentle woman , with mur- murings of welcome and pity ...
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... light of the lamp hanging above them fell full on her face , which looked unusually pale framed by her black bonnet . Her mouth was tremulous with fatigue and a disposition to tears . Frank Lorimer , standing there , strong , comfort ...
... light of the lamp hanging above them fell full on her face , which looked unusually pale framed by her black bonnet . Her mouth was tremulous with fatigue and a disposition to tears . Frank Lorimer , standing there , strong , comfort ...
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... light . Unfortunately the graceful point of view is so seldom the truest one . In the world within us , just as in the world without , there are deserts and sandy wastes , nasty bogs , foul lazy waters ringed round with rank weeds and ...
... light . Unfortunately the graceful point of view is so seldom the truest one . In the world within us , just as in the world without , there are deserts and sandy wastes , nasty bogs , foul lazy waters ringed round with rank weeds and ...
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