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... manner , her diamonds , her dress ; she looked , in fact , as the wife of Sir Harry Carew ought to look - and all the world might see it . There were many to admire her and many to talk of her ; but one pair of eyes followed her with an ...
... manner , her diamonds , her dress ; she looked , in fact , as the wife of Sir Harry Carew ought to look - and all the world might see it . There were many to admire her and many to talk of her ; but one pair of eyes followed her with an ...
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... manner . " It is useful to every one but the owner , and every one else trades upon it . Here comes Sir Thomas Mitchell ; he doesn't possess the quality in any sense , for I could make him contradict himself twenty times in as many ...
... manner . " It is useful to every one but the owner , and every one else trades upon it . Here comes Sir Thomas Mitchell ; he doesn't possess the quality in any sense , for I could make him contradict himself twenty times in as many ...
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... manner more blustering , while he began to gesticulate angrily . " Stop ! " said Zara , turning white to the lips , and shaking with the nervous tremor which her husband's bursts of pas- sion always produced . " You have no right to ...
... manner more blustering , while he began to gesticulate angrily . " Stop ! " said Zara , turning white to the lips , and shaking with the nervous tremor which her husband's bursts of pas- sion always produced . " You have no right to ...
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... manner of a turtle - dove , she was a person who was always trying to put you at a disadvan- tage ; and she seemed also to possess the power of extracting from you admissions , which were the last which you would wish to make to her ...
... manner of a turtle - dove , she was a person who was always trying to put you at a disadvan- tage ; and she seemed also to possess the power of extracting from you admissions , which were the last which you would wish to make to her ...
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... preceded Sir Harry by a few minutes ; and though his hostess was seated in her accustomed chair , with her accustomed stately ease of manner , and was listlessly turning over the leaves of a magazine , 70 Tried by Fire .
... preceded Sir Harry by a few minutes ; and though his hostess was seated in her accustomed chair , with her accustomed stately ease of manner , and was listlessly turning over the leaves of a magazine , 70 Tried by Fire .
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