The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 59Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1862 |
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... beauty , by all who have not husbands ! by cork - screw ring- lets , crow - feet , continent neck - dresses , and indigo stockings ! Her slightly corrugated brow is shaded , by some secret sorrow , we naturally and conven- tionally ...
... beauty , by all who have not husbands ! by cork - screw ring- lets , crow - feet , continent neck - dresses , and indigo stockings ! Her slightly corrugated brow is shaded , by some secret sorrow , we naturally and conven- tionally ...
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... beauty to the best advantage , as his forehead and chin do not , to use the language of the modern athlete , ' come up to the scratch , ' that is , to the equinoctial or facial line of Camper ; but , on the contrary , have a rebellious ...
... beauty to the best advantage , as his forehead and chin do not , to use the language of the modern athlete , ' come up to the scratch , ' that is , to the equinoctial or facial line of Camper ; but , on the contrary , have a rebellious ...
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... beauty of person and charm of mind . Her eye flashed ; her bearing grew regal , nay , imperial ; Juno - like grace and distinction rounded all her contours ; ineffable sweetness beamed in her smile . She was profound as Verulam ...
... beauty of person and charm of mind . Her eye flashed ; her bearing grew regal , nay , imperial ; Juno - like grace and distinction rounded all her contours ; ineffable sweetness beamed in her smile . She was profound as Verulam ...
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... beauty of its expression , or with the vain en- joyment of the romantic morality which it is assumed to involve . If it is melancholy , indeed , to reflect that so much talent is annually sacri- ficed to melancholy , or squandered , as ...
... beauty of its expression , or with the vain en- joyment of the romantic morality which it is assumed to involve . If it is melancholy , indeed , to reflect that so much talent is annually sacri- ficed to melancholy , or squandered , as ...
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... beauty or hope do you proffer in life ? Better , far better , the muscle and bone and self - reliance of antique heathen sin , than such nerveless , boneless , pulpy non - resistance ; such lying groaning by the road - side ; such ...
... beauty or hope do you proffer in life ? Better , far better , the muscle and bone and self - reliance of antique heathen sin , than such nerveless , boneless , pulpy non - resistance ; such lying groaning by the road - side ; such ...
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