Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 91Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Century Company, 1916 - American literature |
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... close to the bell- knob of white china , a sign - board , askew , dilapidated , inscribed : Aurelius Goodchild , Esquire Interviews by Appointment . Every fine morning there emerged upon the door - step a tall , lean man of fifty - five ...
... close to the bell- knob of white china , a sign - board , askew , dilapidated , inscribed : Aurelius Goodchild , Esquire Interviews by Appointment . Every fine morning there emerged upon the door - step a tall , lean man of fifty - five ...
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... close to thirty . A pale blonde , she wore tresses of the faintest copperish color . Slender , dainty , serene , she showed thin lips , and eyes like emeralds that smoldered under blanched lashes often lowered . From the scanty ...
... close to thirty . A pale blonde , she wore tresses of the faintest copperish color . Slender , dainty , serene , she showed thin lips , and eyes like emeralds that smoldered under blanched lashes often lowered . From the scanty ...
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... close quarters . Bowing and beaming , her arms full of roses , she glowed with the whole- some blonde beauty of a magnificent peas- ant . late at night , when back again in the topsyturvy bedrooms , pausing to think , " Four days ...
... close quarters . Bowing and beaming , her arms full of roses , she glowed with the whole- some blonde beauty of a magnificent peas- ant . late at night , when back again in the topsyturvy bedrooms , pausing to think , " Four days ...
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... close quarters . Mr. Goodchild contemplated his one - berth cubbyhole . with the remark , " At any rate , if I fall out of bed , I'll soon fetch up against something . " The girls , in their own com- partment , vowed the discomfort of ...
... close quarters . Mr. Goodchild contemplated his one - berth cubbyhole . with the remark , " At any rate , if I fall out of bed , I'll soon fetch up against something . " The girls , in their own com- partment , vowed the discomfort of ...
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... close by our side ? " A breath of air stirred his locks , and the mist , exhaled from the Seine , seemed to curl along the parapet like the flowing robes of an immaterial presence . Back in their rooms , attired for bed , yet sure that ...
... close by our side ? " A breath of air stirred his locks , and the mist , exhaled from the Seine , seemed to curl along the parapet like the flowing robes of an immaterial presence . Back in their rooms , attired for bed , yet sure that ...
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