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... Cynthia never said anything . She sat very close to her meek stepmother , looking out with soft eyes and lips parted with the promise of a smile . Being but seventeen and having seen but little of the world she regarded the society , in ...
... Cynthia never said anything . She sat very close to her meek stepmother , looking out with soft eyes and lips parted with the promise of a smile . Being but seventeen and having seen but little of the world she regarded the society , in ...
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... Playdell grew manifestly sentimental . Miss Lindley quiv- ered and sighed . Mr Deane looked at Stephen with the slightest elevation of his delicate eye- brows . Cynthia , who had an extraordinary ear for AN ACCOMPLISHED GENTLEMAN . 15.
... Playdell grew manifestly sentimental . Miss Lindley quiv- ered and sighed . Mr Deane looked at Stephen with the slightest elevation of his delicate eye- brows . Cynthia , who had an extraordinary ear for AN ACCOMPLISHED GENTLEMAN . 15.
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Julian Russell Sturgis. brows . Cynthia , who had an extraordinary ear for music , looked at the performer with round eyes . She was pained ; but she supposed that it was fine in its way , that there was expression . There was expression ...
Julian Russell Sturgis. brows . Cynthia , who had an extraordinary ear for music , looked at the performer with round eyes . She was pained ; but she supposed that it was fine in its way , that there was expression . There was expression ...
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... Cynthia Deane is the look of her mother , as she held her close and said , " My little daughter , you will be kind and good to the father , whatever happens . " She repeated " whatever happens " in a faint , sad voice ; and the little ...
... Cynthia Deane is the look of her mother , as she held her close and said , " My little daughter , you will be kind and good to the father , whatever happens . " She repeated " whatever happens " in a faint , sad voice ; and the little ...
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... Cynthia cared more for her doll than her father : and indeed she was intensely devoted to that Italian doll with the bold beady eyes and the contadina's apron . On one of his visits to England he carried the child to Cheap- stowe 24 AN ...
... Cynthia cared more for her doll than her father : and indeed she was intensely devoted to that Italian doll with the bold beady eyes and the contadina's apron . On one of his visits to England he carried the child to Cheap- stowe 24 AN ...
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