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... kind . From the combination of these virtues arises that general effect , which is denominated loveliness , -a quality which renders her the object of the complacence of all her friends , and the delight of every one who approaches her ...
... kind . From the combination of these virtues arises that general effect , which is denominated loveliness , -a quality which renders her the object of the complacence of all her friends , and the delight of every one who approaches her ...
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... kind can never be looked upon without admiration ; and , wherever we meet it , whether amid the solendors of prosperity , or the severities of adversity , we feel ourselves disposed to pay it a pure and an unbidden homage . The display ...
... kind can never be looked upon without admiration ; and , wherever we meet it , whether amid the solendors of prosperity , or the severities of adversity , we feel ourselves disposed to pay it a pure and an unbidden homage . The display ...
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... kind of witchery about the sex . " Her life , " said he , " shall be like a fairy tale . " The very difference in their characters produced a harmo- nious combination : he was of a romantic , and somewhat serious cast ; she was all life ...
... kind of witchery about the sex . " Her life , " said he , " shall be like a fairy tale . " The very difference in their characters produced a harmo- nious combination : he was of a romantic , and somewhat serious cast ; she was all life ...
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... kind . All the splendid furniture of his late residence had been sold , excepting his wife's harp . That , he said , was too closely associated with the idea of herself ; it belonged to the little story of their loves ; for some of the ...
... kind . All the splendid furniture of his late residence had been sold , excepting his wife's harp . That , he said , was too closely associated with the idea of herself ; it belonged to the little story of their loves ; for some of the ...
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... kind of fellow , I stuck my cane in the ground , and told him I would lay him a bottle of wine , that he did not march up to it , on a line that I drew for him , in a quarter of an hour . The heap was at last distributed among the two ...
... kind of fellow , I stuck my cane in the ground , and told him I would lay him a bottle of wine , that he did not march up to it , on a line that I drew for him , in a quarter of an hour . The heap was at last distributed among the two ...
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