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... given to Wildeve was dammed into a flood by Thomasin . She had used to tease Wild- eve , but that was before another had favoured him . Often a drop of irony into an indifferent situation renders the whole piquant . ' I will never give ...
... given to Wildeve was dammed into a flood by Thomasin . She had used to tease Wild- eve , but that was before another had favoured him . Often a drop of irony into an indifferent situation renders the whole piquant . ' I will never give ...
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... could be seen without ? La mère guillotine has made a clean sweep of them all . The hoop has given place to the clinging robe of Greek statuary , which scarcely veils the forms it drapes ; a tunic of white cashmere , looped to one knee.
... could be seen without ? La mère guillotine has made a clean sweep of them all . The hoop has given place to the clinging robe of Greek statuary , which scarcely veils the forms it drapes ; a tunic of white cashmere , looped to one knee.
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... given place to Pompeian decorations ; beds , couches , urns , lamps , bronzes - all are classic . Literature is all but extinct ; odes to Liberty and imitations of the Greek alone obtain favour ; everybody has had enough of philosophy ...
... given place to Pompeian decorations ; beds , couches , urns , lamps , bronzes - all are classic . Literature is all but extinct ; odes to Liberty and imitations of the Greek alone obtain favour ; everybody has had enough of philosophy ...
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... given him by the Directory to celebrate his Italian victories . While Barras was delivering a long oration , she rose from her seat to obtain a better view of the hero of the day . Clad in simple white , her invariable costume , her ...
... given him by the Directory to celebrate his Italian victories . While Barras was delivering a long oration , she rose from her seat to obtain a better view of the hero of the day . Clad in simple white , her invariable costume , her ...
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... given him something of the prestige of tradition , and there was no opinion to which he was so sensitive as to theirs . After a great victory he would write to Talleyrand , What do they think of me in the Faubourg St. Germain now ? ' 6 ...
... given him something of the prestige of tradition , and there was no opinion to which he was so sensitive as to theirs . After a great victory he would write to Talleyrand , What do they think of me in the Faubourg St. Germain now ? ' 6 ...
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