The Child of Thirty-six Fathers: A Serious, Comic and Moral Romance, Volume 1Isaac Riley, 1809 - French fiction |
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... his muscular limbs , his expressive though regular countenance , still added to all those qualities , and impressed me with unbounded confidence in him . that place , he found no difficulty in pre- vailing CHAPTER II. ...
... his muscular limbs , his expressive though regular countenance , still added to all those qualities , and impressed me with unbounded confidence in him . that place , he found no difficulty in pre- vailing CHAPTER II. ...
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... expressive of a light heart . In his manner of expressing himself there was a sort of characteristic drollery , that seemed formed to abash the most super- cilious countenance , and to put it to re- buke with derision . The sequel of ...
... expressive of a light heart . In his manner of expressing himself there was a sort of characteristic drollery , that seemed formed to abash the most super- cilious countenance , and to put it to re- buke with derision . The sequel of ...
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... expressive glances with her eyes ; nevertheless , he lost not one word of the last effusion of the Gas- con . He did not half approve of the man- ner in which the attorney had been hand- led ; nevertheless , being desirous to ter ...
... expressive glances with her eyes ; nevertheless , he lost not one word of the last effusion of the Gas- con . He did not half approve of the man- ner in which the attorney had been hand- led ; nevertheless , being desirous to ter ...
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... expressive countenance , his natural gracefulness , his manly and vi- gorous form , appeared to me such as must of necessity obtain for him a deci- ' ded preference to one possessed of a coun- tenance , it is true , very handsome , but ...
... expressive countenance , his natural gracefulness , his manly and vi- gorous form , appeared to me such as must of necessity obtain for him a deci- ' ded preference to one possessed of a coun- tenance , it is true , very handsome , but ...
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... expressive and agree . able --- that firmness and facility with which he expressed himself ... his pro- perty , which far surpassed mine --- ( to speak more properly I had none ) -all these circumstances , which occurred to me at this ...
... expressive and agree . able --- that firmness and facility with which he expressed himself ... his pro- perty , which far surpassed mine --- ( to speak more properly I had none ) -all these circumstances , which occurred to me at this ...
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