Belgravia: A London Magazine, Volume 76Chatto and Windus, 1891 |
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... smile . He rose and bowed , waiting expectantly for another figure - that was surely yet to come . " I know you so very well by name , " said Belle , offering a pair of tiny ( somewhat bony ) hands . " My husband is always talking of ...
... smile . He rose and bowed , waiting expectantly for another figure - that was surely yet to come . " I know you so very well by name , " said Belle , offering a pair of tiny ( somewhat bony ) hands . " My husband is always talking of ...
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... smiles and speeches , her graceful attitudes , and waving hands , were absolutely wasted on this cynical person with the cold grey eyes . He listened patiently to her chatter , and her views of life , mentally exclaiming , " Good Lord ...
... smiles and speeches , her graceful attitudes , and waving hands , were absolutely wasted on this cynical person with the cold grey eyes . He listened patiently to her chatter , and her views of life , mentally exclaiming , " Good Lord ...
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... smiling face - to Maria , and to Miss Dopping ; accounts of tiffin parties , dinners and dances , given for her as a bride , and what she had worn , and how her dress had fitted , and who had taken her in , and what people had said ...
... smiling face - to Maria , and to Miss Dopping ; accounts of tiffin parties , dinners and dances , given for her as a bride , and what she had worn , and how her dress had fitted , and who had taken her in , and what people had said ...
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... smile . The climate of India is said to be trying to the temper , but Belle's temper was trying to the whole station . Once the novelty of her new house had worn off , she began to harry her domestics with merciless energy ; she was ...
... smile . The climate of India is said to be trying to the temper , but Belle's temper was trying to the whole station . Once the novelty of her new house had worn off , she began to harry her domestics with merciless energy ; she was ...
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... smiles that I forgave them their badness . But she would not bear analysis . The extreme attractiveness of Spanish eyes is certainly rather odd , especially when one considers that the eyes are , as often as not , accompanied by ...
... smiles that I forgave them their badness . But she would not bear analysis . The extreme attractiveness of Spanish eyes is certainly rather odd , especially when one considers that the eyes are , as often as not , accompanied by ...
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