American Literature Survey: The American romantics, 1800-1860Milton R. Stern, Seymour L. Gross Viking Press, 1968 - Fiction |
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... face , with the most disagreeable sensation . For nonconformity the world whips you with its dis- pleasure . And therefore a man must know how to estimate a sour face . The by - standers look askance on him in the public street or in ...
... face , with the most disagreeable sensation . For nonconformity the world whips you with its dis- pleasure . And therefore a man must know how to estimate a sour face . The by - standers look askance on him in the public street or in ...
Page 353
... face was of a fine florid hue , but after twelve o'clock , meridian -his dinner hour - it blazed like a grate full of Christmas coals ; and continued blazing - but , as it were , with a gradual wane - till six o'clock , P.M. , or ...
... face was of a fine florid hue , but after twelve o'clock , meridian -his dinner hour - it blazed like a grate full of Christmas coals ; and continued blazing - but , as it were , with a gradual wane - till six o'clock , P.M. , or ...
Page 394
... face , all but feminine in purity of natural complex- ion , but where , thanks to his seagoing , the lily was quite suppressed and the rose had some ado visibly to flush through the tan . To one essentially such a novice in the ...
... face , all but feminine in purity of natural complex- ion , but where , thanks to his seagoing , the lily was quite suppressed and the rose had some ado visibly to flush through the tan . To one essentially such a novice in the ...
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