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Page 4
... reached above the low trees and brushwood well toward the top of the canvas . The principal characteris- tics of this painting are among the very first virtues of Diaz - a straightforward massing of foreground , middle distance , and ...
... reached above the low trees and brushwood well toward the top of the canvas . The principal characteris- tics of this painting are among the very first virtues of Diaz - a straightforward massing of foreground , middle distance , and ...
Page 9
... reached Moscow this morning , mama and I ; the rest of the embassy to follow in three days . I have been ill for eight weeks , and the Russians recommended an escape out of the great thaw in Petersburg into real spring here . It is a ...
... reached Moscow this morning , mama and I ; the rest of the embassy to follow in three days . I have been ill for eight weeks , and the Russians recommended an escape out of the great thaw in Petersburg into real spring here . It is a ...
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... reached , » to the shining crosses that crowned the whole , and looked as if they were made of the stars themselves . It was an unforgettable sight . The « polonaise ball » in its way was very fine and stately . There was no dancing ...
... reached , » to the shining crosses that crowned the whole , and looked as if they were made of the stars themselves . It was an unforgettable sight . The « polonaise ball » in its way was very fine and stately . There was no dancing ...
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... reached , the Socialist vote , were it given solidly for the govern- ment , might , no doubt , pull them through . « But if we have any luck - damn it ! they won't get the chance , » Fontenoy would say , with that grim , sudden ...
... reached , the Socialist vote , were it given solidly for the govern- ment , might , no doubt , pull them through . « But if we have any luck - damn it ! they won't get the chance , » Fontenoy would say , with that grim , sudden ...
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... reached it he had clean forgotten his pits and the strike , though as he passed the post - office in the House a sheaf of letters and telegrams had been put into his hands . Rather , he was full of a boy's eagerness and exultation . He ...
... reached it he had clean forgotten his pits and the strike , though as he passed the post - office in the House a sheaf of letters and telegrams had been put into his hands . Rather , he was full of a boy's eagerness and exultation . He ...
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