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Page 76
... head . Like the sumptuous exotic of Zenobia , it was an ornament which seemed to bloom out of the char- acter of the woman . Bessie cast about her bright , innocent looks of girlish curiosity , which yet shrank from any chance encounter ...
... head . Like the sumptuous exotic of Zenobia , it was an ornament which seemed to bloom out of the char- acter of the woman . Bessie cast about her bright , innocent looks of girlish curiosity , which yet shrank from any chance encounter ...
Page 84
... head , " and , flinging himself on his knees before his fair mistress , entreat- ed her to rule his wayward heart , share his precarious fortunes , and bear his hum- ble name . Poor Zelma , when in imagination she had rehearsed her ...
... head , " and , flinging himself on his knees before his fair mistress , entreat- ed her to rule his wayward heart , share his precarious fortunes , and bear his hum- ble name . Poor Zelma , when in imagination she had rehearsed her ...
Page 86
... head was sprinkled with the snows of fifty winters dismounted , and , ap- proaching the door , knocked at it with the steel hilt of his sword . He received no answer ; but presently the lattice open- ed above his head , and a sharp ...
... head was sprinkled with the snows of fifty winters dismounted , and , ap- proaching the door , knocked at it with the steel hilt of his sword . He received no answer ; but presently the lattice open- ed above his head , and a sharp ...
Page 107
... head of one of the Madonnas of Leonardo da Vinci , a picture which to Mary had a mysterious interest , from the fact of its having been cast on shore after a furious storm , and found like a waif ly- ing in the sea - weed ; and Mrs ...
... head of one of the Madonnas of Leonardo da Vinci , a picture which to Mary had a mysterious interest , from the fact of its having been cast on shore after a furious storm , and found like a waif ly- ing in the sea - weed ; and Mrs ...
Page 110
... head and ears in love all the grace of a young neophyte come with him . " to sit at the feet of superior truth . There are some people who receive from Na- ture as a gift a sort of graceful facility of sympathy , by which they incline ...
... head and ears in love all the grace of a young neophyte come with him . " to sit at the feet of superior truth . There are some people who receive from Na- ture as a gift a sort of graceful facility of sympathy , by which they incline ...
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