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... pretty brown girls , with sienna hair , sat by , peeling oranges by the dozen , with which they fed us all incessantly . It is the part of true hospitality to peel oranges for a guest , as their thick green skins contain so much ...
... pretty brown girls , with sienna hair , sat by , peeling oranges by the dozen , with which they fed us all incessantly . It is the part of true hospitality to peel oranges for a guest , as their thick green skins contain so much ...
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... pretty lake at some distance ; but as I had the option of returning to the grotto , I chose the latter . So the captain again lent me the ten - oared boat , and we made another pleasant party to the beautiful cave : but it lost much of ...
... pretty lake at some distance ; but as I had the option of returning to the grotto , I chose the latter . So the captain again lent me the ten - oared boat , and we made another pleasant party to the beautiful cave : but it lost much of ...
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... pretty patchwork pinafore , of the simple form generally adopted here — that is , a fathom of cloth , with a hole cut out of the centre to admit the head and neck . It is trimmed with some sort of fringe , either of fibre or grass ...
... pretty patchwork pinafore , of the simple form generally adopted here — that is , a fathom of cloth , with a hole cut out of the centre to admit the head and neck . It is trimmed with some sort of fringe , either of fibre or grass ...
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... pretty becoming attire of her hand- maidens , with their finely plaited and fringed mats , necklaces of scarlet berries on their clear olive skin , and bright blossoms in their hair ! Philosophers tell us there is always good in things ...
... pretty becoming attire of her hand- maidens , with their finely plaited and fringed mats , necklaces of scarlet berries on their clear olive skin , and bright blossoms in their hair ! Philosophers tell us there is always good in things ...
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... pretty little school - girls adorned with garlands , singing and acting very pretty quaint songs and dances , illustrating their geography , arith- metic , & c . Then about twenty grown - up women , who had come in from the village ...
... pretty little school - girls adorned with garlands , singing and acting very pretty quaint songs and dances , illustrating their geography , arith- metic , & c . Then about twenty grown - up women , who had come in from the village ...
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