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... at which she laughed , just as if she knew Mary well . " Why can't we have pointed roofs , instead of ugly flat ceilings to our houses , " she said , glancing up discontentedly , " like the old English folk " HONEY " 3.
... at which she laughed , just as if she knew Mary well . " Why can't we have pointed roofs , instead of ugly flat ceilings to our houses , " she said , glancing up discontentedly , " like the old English folk " HONEY " 3.
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... Mary Cassilis , whom I had not seen since her ball , and whom I had greatly missed during her absence abroad during the winter and early spring . I think Mary genuinely liked me for I filled a want ; probably there is nothing a widow ...
... Mary Cassilis , whom I had not seen since her ball , and whom I had greatly missed during her absence abroad during the winter and early spring . I think Mary genuinely liked me for I filled a want ; probably there is nothing a widow ...
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... Mary's text . Her cool drawing - rooms rested me ; the absence of many flowers , the prevalence of growing things , so that green was its prevail- ing atmosphere , pleased my taste , and I sank into a deep chair while Mary put me ...
... Mary's text . Her cool drawing - rooms rested me ; the absence of many flowers , the prevalence of growing things , so that green was its prevail- ing atmosphere , pleased my taste , and I sank into a deep chair while Mary put me ...
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... Mary . " It's mediocrity , not genius , that blends with the spirit of the age . There are no great men now , " she added sadly , " they are all dead , and we don't grow the breed any more . Yet how scarce they were those glorious names ...
... Mary . " It's mediocrity , not genius , that blends with the spirit of the age . There are no great men now , " she added sadly , " they are all dead , and we don't grow the breed any more . Yet how scarce they were those glorious names ...
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... Mary indignantly . " If talent abounds , genius has fled from our midst , because we are not strenuous enough , because we work for gold ; the ancients and Elizabethans worked for immortality . science we have made great strides , but ...
... Mary indignantly . " If talent abounds , genius has fled from our midst , because we are not strenuous enough , because we work for gold ; the ancients and Elizabethans worked for immortality . science we have made great strides , but ...
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