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... clothes , such as none but the devil's tailor knows the cut of . " " Ah ! " cried the rest of the party all in a breath ; " is it possible ? The Gentleman in Black ! " To this explanation of the miracle I strongly ob- jected . It was ...
... clothes , such as none but the devil's tailor knows the cut of . " " Ah ! " cried the rest of the party all in a breath ; " is it possible ? The Gentleman in Black ! " To this explanation of the miracle I strongly ob- jected . It was ...
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... clothes ; but if she once puts them on , they should so finely fit her that she need never take them off . Men with such faces as this should never change countenance , for fear they become contemptible . " No , " I concluded ; " that ...
... clothes ; but if she once puts them on , they should so finely fit her that she need never take them off . Men with such faces as this should never change countenance , for fear they become contemptible . " No , " I concluded ; " that ...
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... clothes , that in falling I may have caught my foot in the stirrup , and been dragged by my horse some yards along the road ; for my hands were badly cut , and my coat com- pletely in tatters . My visiting - cards , and the address on ...
... clothes , that in falling I may have caught my foot in the stirrup , and been dragged by my horse some yards along the road ; for my hands were badly cut , and my coat com- pletely in tatters . My visiting - cards , and the address on ...
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... clothes off me , found my right hand so firmly clenched together that he had to force open the fin- gers . He then perceived that the hand was closed upon what it had doubtless been grasping when it was stiffened by the sort of tetanus ...
... clothes off me , found my right hand so firmly clenched together that he had to force open the fin- gers . He then perceived that the hand was closed upon what it had doubtless been grasping when it was stiffened by the sort of tetanus ...
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... clothes were wring- ing wet , and his boots were so shrunk with the water that we were obliged to cut them off his honor's legs . Furthermore , honored madam , the count's clothes were full covered with weeds and gravel , through which ...
... clothes were wring- ing wet , and his boots were so shrunk with the water that we were obliged to cut them off his honor's legs . Furthermore , honored madam , the count's clothes were full covered with weeds and gravel , through which ...
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ALEXANDER WILLIAM KINGLAKE Amasis amethyst apparition appeared arms beautiful boat body Bois de Boulogne brain Breslau brother CHAPTER chateau child Cloth cold consciousness Count Edmond countenance countess croupiers DANIEL BUTTERFIELD dark dead death Divine door dream Dutch Republic ed balls Egyptian eternity face fancy fatal ring father feel Felix felt finger forever Gentleman in Black hand haps hast heard heart honor hour human imagination Juliet Kabyl least light lips living look Loreley man's melancholy ment mind mond mother mysterious nature never night noble object once pain papyrus passed passion patient perhaps physician poor ring rock seemed seize sensation sense Sethos side sight silent Silesia soul sound spectre strange stretched suddenly swimmer thee Theresa thing tion Trente et Quarante turned valet voice words young
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