The Clock, the Balance, and the Guillotine: The Life of Antoine Lavoisier |
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... eye lenses . Old Jacques Paulze looked sick . It might have been the candlelight ; in the candle- light everything about ... eyes out . What irritated him most was the light . There was too much of it . He could picture only too well the ...
... eye lenses . Old Jacques Paulze looked sick . It might have been the candlelight ; in the candle- light everything about ... eyes out . What irritated him most was the light . There was too much of it . He could picture only too well the ...
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... eyes glaring at him with unbanked fury . The thought , it is true , did cross his mind that her anger might have been at the bit of gossip , concerning her and old Count d'Amerval , which the matrons were bandying about . The crusty old ...
... eyes glaring at him with unbanked fury . The thought , it is true , did cross his mind that her anger might have been at the bit of gossip , concerning her and old Count d'Amerval , which the matrons were bandying about . The crusty old ...
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... eyes unnerved her . Brusquely she raised the paper and began to read a set speech . But the feeling not only of Antoine's but of all the eyes boring into her proved too much . She faltered . " It's just three days ago we voted . . . at ...
... eyes unnerved her . Brusquely she raised the paper and began to read a set speech . But the feeling not only of Antoine's but of all the eyes boring into her proved too much . She faltered . " It's just three days ago we voted . . . at ...
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