The man without a profession1844 |
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... seemed meditative ; he sat , with a thoughtful air , balancing the poker in his hand , and peering into the fire with curious eye , as if seeking for some imperfect condition of the coals to warrant the inter- ference of 2 THE MAN.
... seemed meditative ; he sat , with a thoughtful air , balancing the poker in his hand , and peering into the fire with curious eye , as if seeking for some imperfect condition of the coals to warrant the inter- ference of 2 THE MAN.
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... eyes , fearing that some extraordinary affection of the brain had perverted his under- standing . Her husband resumed his calm- ness , but his gloomy sadness increased ; and there was a something in his look bordering on an unusual and ...
... eyes , fearing that some extraordinary affection of the brain had perverted his under- standing . Her husband resumed his calm- ness , but his gloomy sadness increased ; and there was a something in his look bordering on an unusual and ...
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... eyes which filled him with an alarm so sudden that in his surprise he uttered a cry of fear which quickly brought the mother and son to his side . They beheld Mr. Coverley stretched on the floor , motionless , speechless , and ...
... eyes which filled him with an alarm so sudden that in his surprise he uttered a cry of fear which quickly brought the mother and son to his side . They beheld Mr. Coverley stretched on the floor , motionless , speechless , and ...
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... eyes to get out of the mess quietly . " " Come , then , let us go at him together , " said Huntham ; " and mind , you're to do the blarney . I shall say it's a thing impossible— that we must proceed to execution , and all that . " Those ...
... eyes to get out of the mess quietly . " " Come , then , let us go at him together , " said Huntham ; " and mind , you're to do the blarney . I shall say it's a thing impossible— that we must proceed to execution , and all that . " Those ...
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... love . She is certainly very tall ; too tall , as I have heard many gentlemen say , for a woman . The height of the Venus de Medicis , " looking at her daughter Louisa , and glad to observe that Frank's eyes followed 140 THE MAN.
... love . She is certainly very tall ; too tall , as I have heard many gentlemen say , for a woman . The height of the Venus de Medicis , " looking at her daughter Louisa , and glad to observe that Frank's eyes followed 140 THE MAN.
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