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Page 145
... manner and movements were singularly unembarrassed , modest , grace- ful , and dignified , while her distinct and perfectly modu- lated elocution thrilled her auditors . " I cannot describe to you , " wrote the Tory Privy Councillor ...
... manner and movements were singularly unembarrassed , modest , grace- ful , and dignified , while her distinct and perfectly modu- lated elocution thrilled her auditors . " I cannot describe to you , " wrote the Tory Privy Councillor ...
Page 165
... sometimes stream with water , derived from the condensation of the aqueous vapour from your own lungs . The windows of railway carriages in winter show this condensation in a striking manner . Pour CLOUDS , RAINS , AND RIVERS 165.
... sometimes stream with water , derived from the condensation of the aqueous vapour from your own lungs . The windows of railway carriages in winter show this condensation in a striking manner . Pour CLOUDS , RAINS , AND RIVERS 165.
Page 172
... manner that the former are still called , in the north of England , gleads , from the Saxon verb glidan , to glide . The kestrel , or windhover , has a peculiar mode of hanging in the air in one place , his wings all the while being ...
... manner that the former are still called , in the north of England , gleads , from the Saxon verb glidan , to glide . The kestrel , or windhover , has a peculiar mode of hanging in the air in one place , his wings all the while being ...
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