New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 129Henry Colburn, 1863 |
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... lips of Lady Averil . " You don't know how dearly I have ever loved that child . Maria , she shall never know the want of the good mother she has lost , so far as I can supply your place , if you will let her come to me . It is well ...
... lips of Lady Averil . " You don't know how dearly I have ever loved that child . Maria , she shall never know the want of the good mother she has lost , so far as I can supply your place , if you will let her come to me . It is well ...
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... lips , gathering firmness to suppress the emotion that was rising . His calling made him familiar with death - bed scenes ; but Maria was his own child , and nature will assert her supremacy . A minute or two and he was himself again ...
... lips , gathering firmness to suppress the emotion that was rising . His calling made him familiar with death - bed scenes ; but Maria was his own child , and nature will assert her supremacy . A minute or two and he was himself again ...
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... lips that seem'd like Homer's gods to quaff From nectar - urns the unextinguish'd laugh , Frank with the mirth of souls divinely strong , CARTERET'S large presence floats from out the throng . What earlier school this grand comedian ...
... lips that seem'd like Homer's gods to quaff From nectar - urns the unextinguish'd laugh , Frank with the mirth of souls divinely strong , CARTERET'S large presence floats from out the throng . What earlier school this grand comedian ...
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... lips of a much worse speaker , would have been vehemently cheered . On his way to Spain he again visited England . This was in 1842 , when we saw him for the last time . He was cordially welcomed by his old friends , and took up his ...
... lips of a much worse speaker , would have been vehemently cheered . On his way to Spain he again visited England . This was in 1842 , when we saw him for the last time . He was cordially welcomed by his old friends , and took up his ...
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... lips , stirred the chocolate Diaz had placed at his elbow , and sat thinking , while the smooth Albanian moved noiselessly about , laying out the clothes that might be needed through the day , polishing an eye - glass , rubbing up a ...
... lips , stirred the chocolate Diaz had placed at his elbow , and sat thinking , while the smooth Albanian moved noiselessly about , laying out the clothes that might be needed through the day , polishing an eye - glass , rubbing up a ...
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