The Century: A Popular QuarterlyCentury Company, 1896 |
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... gave him- self with delightful elasticity , delightful in- genuousness , to the sunny walks of life and art . Diaz was beyond a doubt capable of pro- found feeling . The volubility , the stormy talk , of which his friends have left such ...
... gave him- self with delightful elasticity , delightful in- genuousness , to the sunny walks of life and art . Diaz was beyond a doubt capable of pro- found feeling . The volubility , the stormy talk , of which his friends have left such ...
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... gave up our idea of following the cortège to the first of its halting - places , and came home to break- fast instead , like reasonable people . The proclamation is read all over the town , and leaflets of it in Slavonic characters are ...
... gave up our idea of following the cortège to the first of its halting - places , and came home to break- fast instead , like reasonable people . The proclamation is read all over the town , and leaflets of it in Slavonic characters are ...
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... gave my mother his arm to take her to the cathedral , the rest of the diplomats following in a long procession . I confess that I felt ex- cited . We walked through the Winter Garden and the long passages of the palace , through a hall ...
... gave my mother his arm to take her to the cathedral , the rest of the diplomats following in a long procession . I confess that I felt ex- cited . We walked through the Winter Garden and the long passages of the palace , through a hall ...
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... gave each grand duchess a splendid present in precious stones , and they threw them into a drawer , somebody said , as if they had been nothing at all . The only person here who can rival the imperials is Mrs. — , the wife of the ...
... gave each grand duchess a splendid present in precious stones , and they threw them into a drawer , somebody said , as if they had been nothing at all . The only person here who can rival the imperials is Mrs. — , the wife of the ...
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... gave one an idea of the day of judgment . I suppose not . But as every face of that endless crowd turned to greet the Emperor as he came into his pavilion , it was a most impressive sight . One could n't help thinking what power there ...
... gave one an idea of the day of judgment . I suppose not . But as every face of that endless crowd turned to greet the Emperor as he came into his pavilion , it was a most impressive sight . One could n't help thinking what power there ...
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