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Yet he told his best stories with an eye to their effect on her , and when her response came , peaceful and placid and non - comprehending , he would look about the table with delight , as much as to say , " Isn't she a wonder ?
Yet he told his best stories with an eye to their effect on her , and when her response came , peaceful and placid and non - comprehending , he would look about the table with delight , as much as to say , " Isn't she a wonder ?
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... and was largely concerned with treasons , stratagems and spoils . From time to time he caught a glimpse of the ancient couple in the gallery , and judged from their fearsome countenance and popping eyes TOASTER'S HANDBOOK 3.
... and was largely concerned with treasons , stratagems and spoils . From time to time he caught a glimpse of the ancient couple in the gallery , and judged from their fearsome countenance and popping eyes TOASTER'S HANDBOOK 3.
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lery , and judged from their fearsome countenance and popping eyes that they were being duly impressed . After the play he asked them to come and see him behind the scenes . They sat together for a while in solemn silence , and then the ...
lery , and judged from their fearsome countenance and popping eyes that they were being duly impressed . After the play he asked them to come and see him behind the scenes . They sat together for a while in solemn silence , and then the ...
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The actress was very tired and quiet , but a chance remark from the dresser made her open her eyes and sit up . " I should have went on the stage , " said the young woman complacently . " But , " returned Mrs. Fiske , " look at me - t ...
The actress was very tired and quiet , but a chance remark from the dresser made her open her eyes and sit up . " I should have went on the stage , " said the young woman complacently . " But , " returned Mrs. Fiske , " look at me - t ...
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Recipe for an ingenue : A pound and three - quarters of kitten , Three ounces of flounces and sighs ; Add wiggles and giggles and gurgles , And ringlets and dimples and eyes . ADAPTATION -Life . -Life " I know a nature - faker , " said ...
Recipe for an ingenue : A pound and three - quarters of kitten , Three ounces of flounces and sighs ; Add wiggles and giggles and gurgles , And ringlets and dimples and eyes . ADAPTATION -Life . -Life " I know a nature - faker , " said ...
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