MacMillan's Magazine, Volume 4Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris 1861 |
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... eyes beneath them . Therefore she was astonished to see a gentleman , old it is true , but upright as a young oak , of such remarkable personal beauty , and such a pleasant expression of countenance as she had never seen before . She ...
... eyes beneath them . Therefore she was astonished to see a gentleman , old it is true , but upright as a young oak , of such remarkable personal beauty , and such a pleasant expression of countenance as she had never seen before . She ...
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... eyes- a look he never forgot . Accompanying the apparent petulance of the remark was a look of intense love and pity and sorrow . It pleased him , above everything , during the events which were to come , to recall that look , and say ...
... eyes- a look he never forgot . Accompanying the apparent petulance of the remark was a look of intense love and pity and sorrow . It pleased him , above everything , during the events which were to come , to recall that look , and say ...
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... eyes under the lofty forehead fixed full upon him . With the instinct of a gentleman , he said at once- " I was asking Mr. Charles what sect you were of ; that was all . He tells me you are a Brianite , and I had never heard of that ...
... eyes under the lofty forehead fixed full upon him . With the instinct of a gentleman , he said at once- " I was asking Mr. Charles what sect you were of ; that was all . He tells me you are a Brianite , and I had never heard of that ...
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... eyes , ( the salt water out of his hair , you understand , ) as he answered . " I think I can walk , Cuthbert ; my ... eye , and William's eye and William's face said so plainly " do it , " that Charles hesitated no longer , but got on ...
... eyes , ( the salt water out of his hair , you understand , ) as he answered . " I think I can walk , Cuthbert ; my ... eye , and William's eye and William's face said so plainly " do it , " that Charles hesitated no longer , but got on ...
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... eye , shaded by a horny hand , gazing anxiously seaward , at the two brown sails plunging about in the offing - she had ... eyes and prayed , and had opened them to see the boat on her beam ends , and a dozen struggling figures in the ...
... eye , shaded by a horny hand , gazing anxiously seaward , at the two brown sails plunging about in the offing - she had ... eyes and prayed , and had opened them to see the boat on her beam ends , and a dozen struggling figures in the ...
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