The Twins of Saint-Marcel: A Tale of Paris IncendiéW. P. Nimmo, 1872 - 340 pages |
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... eyes as I write these last words ; and indeed , I feel sure , tears will often blind them whilst I write this tale , full of sorrows and of joys , which I have A undertaken to relate , Cerise , my beloved Cerise ,. THE TWINS OF SAINT ...
... eyes as I write these last words ; and indeed , I feel sure , tears will often blind them whilst I write this tale , full of sorrows and of joys , which I have A undertaken to relate , Cerise , my beloved Cerise ,. THE TWINS OF SAINT ...
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... eyes how easily great people , and even an emperor and empress , can be brought low . We - Cerise and I - have still our good mother , and also our grand'mère , the old Madame David ; and we have besides our uncle and aunt - my mother's ...
... eyes how easily great people , and even an emperor and empress , can be brought low . We - Cerise and I - have still our good mother , and also our grand'mère , the old Madame David ; and we have besides our uncle and aunt - my mother's ...
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... eyes are so shaded by her drooping lids and dark lashes , that I think her more dove - like than any one , —not that I think so very much of doves in general , for we have a pigeon - cot in our court , and I find its inmates dirty and ...
... eyes are so shaded by her drooping lids and dark lashes , that I think her more dove - like than any one , —not that I think so very much of doves in general , for we have a pigeon - cot in our court , and I find its inmates dirty and ...
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... ah ! how she turns away from the farther side of the court - she avoids letting her soft sad eyes rest on one spot there ; and no marvel ! It is where the boughs of the magnolia and westeria , which cover the WHO WE ARE . 7.
... ah ! how she turns away from the farther side of the court - she avoids letting her soft sad eyes rest on one spot there ; and no marvel ! It is where the boughs of the magnolia and westeria , which cover the WHO WE ARE . 7.
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... eyes flashed , and her sallow cheeks flushed up , as she asked— ' Is this then what we - the French people - we the brave - call liberty ? ' My father and mother were much pleased with the result of this plebiscite , and Désiré took off ...
... eyes flashed , and her sallow cheeks flushed up , as she asked— ' Is this then what we - the French people - we the brave - call liberty ? ' My father and mother were much pleased with the result of this plebiscite , and Désiré took off ...
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