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... light talk and the clink of teaspoons . The after- noon sun - the delightful temperate sun of the Venetian spring - came pleasantly in at the long windows and deepened the shadows under gor- geous cabinets chairs and stuffs which filled ...
... light talk and the clink of teaspoons . The after- noon sun - the delightful temperate sun of the Venetian spring - came pleasantly in at the long windows and deepened the shadows under gor- geous cabinets chairs and stuffs which filled ...
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... their talk they looked out at the light on the water beneath them , and at the various buildings op- posite which lay all in shadow . On the face of the elder man , as he noted some new point 12 AN ACCOMPLISHED GENTLEMAN .
... their talk they looked out at the light on the water beneath them , and at the various buildings op- posite which lay all in shadow . On the face of the elder man , as he noted some new point 12 AN ACCOMPLISHED GENTLEMAN .
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... light offspring of gaiety of heart , and concentrate their feelings and their thoughts into one purpose . So Mr Deane , once happily married , set about the process of concentration , and placed before him- self with due solemnity an ...
... light offspring of gaiety of heart , and concentrate their feelings and their thoughts into one purpose . So Mr Deane , once happily married , set about the process of concentration , and placed before him- self with due solemnity an ...
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... light hair flying . Cecco , who was just round the corner , pricked an ear and trotted off silently with a very high action of his little silky paws . He was bent on a private inquiry into some vastly important matter . Old " Fabian ...
... light hair flying . Cecco , who was just round the corner , pricked an ear and trotted off silently with a very high action of his little silky paws . He was bent on a private inquiry into some vastly important matter . Old " Fabian ...
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... light - fingered and who never try to do two things at once . The common man , while his eyes follow his right hand , will with his left grope blindly on a crowded mantel- piece and at the same time send his great foot sprawling to the ...
... light - fingered and who never try to do two things at once . The common man , while his eyes follow his right hand , will with his left grope blindly on a crowded mantel- piece and at the same time send his great foot sprawling to the ...
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