The valley of the Maude; or, 'On dits' [sic].1862 |
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... Count Severski . The first - named of the strangers was a young man , apparently from twenty - five to thirty years of age . His name was English , and he had an English look , yet his manners were more those of a foreigner than of a ...
... Count Severski . The first - named of the strangers was a young man , apparently from twenty - five to thirty years of age . His name was English , and he had an English look , yet his manners were more those of a foreigner than of a ...
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... Count Severski spoke , or rather from the well - bred consi- deration for her which led him to make use of a medium of conversation which he could only employ with a little diffi- culty . ' And your beautiful island , ' said he , ' I ...
... Count Severski spoke , or rather from the well - bred consi- deration for her which led him to make use of a medium of conversation which he could only employ with a little diffi- culty . ' And your beautiful island , ' said he , ' I ...
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... Count Severski's keen hazel eyes . In pleasant conversation , half flattery , half satire on the part of the Count , but mingled with original thoughts and that aptitude and keenness of observation , in which most continental Europeans ...
... Count Severski's keen hazel eyes . In pleasant conversation , half flattery , half satire on the part of the Count , but mingled with original thoughts and that aptitude and keenness of observation , in which most continental Europeans ...
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... Count Severski , with an air of determination . ' There are sudden deaths to fear , if in your land of honour and justice we are free from other causes of terror . ' An expression which Frank could not read was perceptible in the ...
... Count Severski , with an air of determination . ' There are sudden deaths to fear , if in your land of honour and justice we are free from other causes of terror . ' An expression which Frank could not read was perceptible in the ...
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... Count , he started violently , grew pale , and would have turned into the copse , had not the stranger called to him ... Count Severski , look- ing into the very eyes of the keeper with a a keen gaze that seemed to fascinate him ; he The ...
... Count , he started violently , grew pale , and would have turned into the copse , had not the stranger called to him ... Count Severski , look- ing into the very eyes of the keeper with a a keen gaze that seemed to fascinate him ; he The ...
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