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... taken place in the room , and that the woman who stood before me had played a part in it . For a few minutes I endeavoured to collect my senses , but in vain ; for the piercing eyes of the un- welcome guest remained fixed upon me . All ...
... taken place in the room , and that the woman who stood before me had played a part in it . For a few minutes I endeavoured to collect my senses , but in vain ; for the piercing eyes of the un- welcome guest remained fixed upon me . All ...
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... feel . Edouard knew Switzerland very well . During his years of exile he had taken walking tours , and now he took me to all the places where he had been , making me thus feel doubly interested in 56 A CHEQUERED LIFE .
... feel . Edouard knew Switzerland very well . During his years of exile he had taken walking tours , and now he took me to all the places where he had been , making me thus feel doubly interested in 56 A CHEQUERED LIFE .
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... taken a small house , most pleasantly situated ; from our windows we saw the Alps , hiding their peaks in the misty firmament , and from the mountain passes came to us the sound of the cold wind blowing hard between their narrow space ...
... taken a small house , most pleasantly situated ; from our windows we saw the Alps , hiding their peaks in the misty firmament , and from the mountain passes came to us the sound of the cold wind blowing hard between their narrow space ...
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... taken with one another that she did not hesitate to relate to me the sad story of her married life . I will let her speak for herself : - " At sixteen I had lost my father , and my mother was so much bowed down by her sorrow , that ...
... taken with one another that she did not hesitate to relate to me the sad story of her married life . I will let her speak for herself : - " At sixteen I had lost my father , and my mother was so much bowed down by her sorrow , that ...
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... taken from me , after a dreadful illness , and then , and only then , did I feel the extent of the great mistake I had made ; but I would not have changed , had not a most unfortunate occurrence taken place . A nephew of General B was ...
... taken from me , after a dreadful illness , and then , and only then , did I feel the extent of the great mistake I had made ; but I would not have changed , had not a most unfortunate occurrence taken place . A nephew of General B was ...
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