All the Year RoundChapman and Hall, 1889 |
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... close to him that her shoulder. other toyed with a rose at her breast , " that dark cousin of yours has a will of her own . She will rule you with a rod of iron some day . " " I should like to take the risk , " he replied , beginning to ...
... close to him that her shoulder. other toyed with a rose at her breast , " that dark cousin of yours has a will of her own . She will rule you with a rod of iron some day . " " I should like to take the risk , " he replied , beginning to ...
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... close together , so that the expression of her face was entirely altered . But as Clement entered at the moment , she was able to receive him with one of her brightest smiles , whilst nothing could have been more quietly cordial than ...
... close together , so that the expression of her face was entirely altered . But as Clement entered at the moment , she was able to receive him with one of her brightest smiles , whilst nothing could have been more quietly cordial than ...
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... close to her own . For the moment he was under a spell - fascinated . He had ceased to be master of himself ; his ordinary world , with which he had been so dissatisfied , was completely forgotten . The German scientific theory is ...
... close to her own . For the moment he was under a spell - fascinated . He had ceased to be master of himself ; his ordinary world , with which he had been so dissatisfied , was completely forgotten . The German scientific theory is ...
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Mrs. Oliver was so close to him that her shoulder touched his breast , and , loving to feel her power over him , she dallied there . Brownie , like the rest of her world , had been cold to Mrs. Oliver ; now was the time for retaliation ...
Mrs. Oliver was so close to him that her shoulder touched his breast , and , loving to feel her power over him , she dallied there . Brownie , like the rest of her world , had been cold to Mrs. Oliver ; now was the time for retaliation ...
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... close , that the former has been called " incipient somnambulism . " It has been proved by repeated experiments that natural sleep is the most favourable moment for magnetising any one . As a rule , sleeping persons can be magnetised ...
... close , that the former has been called " incipient somnambulism . " It has been proved by repeated experiments that natural sleep is the most favourable moment for magnetising any one . As a rule , sleeping persons can be magnetised ...
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