The Works of Mary Russell Mitford: Prose and Verse, Viz Our Village, Belford Regis, Country Stories, Finden's Tableaux, Foscari, Julian, Rienzi, Charles the FirstCrissy & Markley, 1850 - 672 pages |
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... eyes , Jack in his wide coming . No ! The key is turning in the door , close - shut mouth , and his whole monkey - face , and sounds of evil omen issue through the at their comrades ' mischances . I think , Miss key - hole sturdy ' let ...
... eyes , Jack in his wide coming . No ! The key is turning in the door , close - shut mouth , and his whole monkey - face , and sounds of evil omen issue through the at their comrades ' mischances . I think , Miss key - hole sturdy ' let ...
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... eye , and a smile about the corners of his firmly - closed lips , that gave assurance of good - fellowship . His voice ... eyes that were ever seen . There was a peculiar sort of innocent beauty about them , like that of a roly - poly ...
... eye , and a smile about the corners of his firmly - closed lips , that gave assurance of good - fellowship . His voice ... eyes that were ever seen . There was a peculiar sort of innocent beauty about them , like that of a roly - poly ...
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... eye for colour than the florist . The butterfly is also a dilettante . Rover though he be , he generally prefers the ... eyes upon you as you entered the room , you were almost tempted to say - how d'ye do ? — - Alas ! the portraits are ...
... eye for colour than the florist . The butterfly is also a dilettante . Rover though he be , he generally prefers the ... eyes upon you as you entered the room , you were almost tempted to say - how d'ye do ? — - Alas ! the portraits are ...
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... eyes , black eye - brows and eye - lashes , a profusion of dark hair , very red lips , very white teeth , and a complexion that entirely took away the look of vulgarity which the breadth and flatness of her face might other- wise have ...
... eyes , black eye - brows and eye - lashes , a profusion of dark hair , very red lips , very white teeth , and a complexion that entirely took away the look of vulgarity which the breadth and flatness of her face might other- wise have ...
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... eyes , his success would have been certain . She said yes and no , and yes again ; he was a very nice young man - but that one eye- that unlucky one eye ! -and the being rallied on her three calendars . There was no get- ting over that ...
... eyes , his success would have been certain . She said yes and no , and yes again ; he was a very nice young man - but that one eye- that unlucky one eye ! -and the being rallied on her three calendars . There was no get- ting over that ...
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