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... turned back and looked steadily after me when he had passed . I too turned , and glared defiantly at him . He was , as I have said , tall - fully six feet high , I should say , with square , broad shoulders ; he was dark - haired , and ...
... turned back and looked steadily after me when he had passed . I too turned , and glared defiantly at him . He was , as I have said , tall - fully six feet high , I should say , with square , broad shoulders ; he was dark - haired , and ...
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... turning hastily over its leaves , called my attention to it . " Critiques of her , " he said ; " I used to watch for them in the papers , and cut them out and paste them in . " Yes ; there were criticisms of her performances from the ...
... turning hastily over its leaves , called my attention to it . " Critiques of her , " he said ; " I used to watch for them in the papers , and cut them out and paste them in . " Yes ; there were criticisms of her performances from the ...
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... turning match - maker out of interest in both my friends . But Lambert at first thought I was arguing against the prudence of anybody thinking of such a girl as Lilla unless he was a man of fortune , and his countenance , transparently ...
... turning match - maker out of interest in both my friends . But Lambert at first thought I was arguing against the prudence of anybody thinking of such a girl as Lilla unless he was a man of fortune , and his countenance , transparently ...
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... thought of taking Mrs. Lyndon aside and telling her the whole matter , and so putting her on her guard ; again , I turned over in my mind the pro- priety of trusting to Lilla's natural good sense and courage 32 MY ENEMY'S DAUGHTER.
... thought of taking Mrs. Lyndon aside and telling her the whole matter , and so putting her on her guard ; again , I turned over in my mind the pro- priety of trusting to Lilla's natural good sense and courage 32 MY ENEMY'S DAUGHTER.
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... turned to me and said , ' You will excuse her ; she met with a serious accident the day before yesterday . ' As I opened the door for her , she said quickly and in a low voice , but with more marked emphasis than if she had simply been ...
... turned to me and said , ' You will excuse her ; she met with a serious accident the day before yesterday . ' As I opened the door for her , she said quickly and in a low voice , but with more marked emphasis than if she had simply been ...
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