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... called from her lips rude but exultant anthems of praise . The young face , lifted toward the cloudless east , might have served as a model for a pic- tured Syriac priestess one of Baalbec's vestals , ministering in [ I ] ST. ELMO. ...
... called from her lips rude but exultant anthems of praise . The young face , lifted toward the cloudless east , might have served as a model for a pic- tured Syriac priestess one of Baalbec's vestals , ministering in [ I ] ST. ELMO. ...
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... lifting the cedar pail to its resting - place . She wore a short - sleeved dress of yellow striped homespun , which fell nearly to her ankles , and her little bare feet gleamed pearly white on the green grass and rank dewy creepers that ...
... lifting the cedar pail to its resting - place . She wore a short - sleeved dress of yellow striped homespun , which fell nearly to her ankles , and her little bare feet gleamed pearly white on the green grass and rank dewy creepers that ...
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... lifted her head , rose , and followed the sound , and soon stood at the side of Brindle , who now furnished milk for the miller's family . As the gentle cow recognized and looked at her , with an expression almost human in the mild ...
... lifted her head , rose , and followed the sound , and soon stood at the side of Brindle , who now furnished milk for the miller's family . As the gentle cow recognized and looked at her , with an expression almost human in the mild ...
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... Lifting this weight with her un- injured hand , she uttered an exclamation of horror as the white face of the little ... lifted out the wretched sufferers . Finally two men , with axes in their hands , bent down and looked into her face ...
... Lifting this weight with her un- injured hand , she uttered an exclamation of horror as the white face of the little ... lifted out the wretched sufferers . Finally two men , with axes in their hands , bent down and looked into her face ...
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... lifting of the regal head , reminded her painfully of him whose overbearing insolence had so unwontedly stirred the ire of Aaron Hunt's genial and generally equable nature . While she pondered this inexplicable coincidence , voices ...
... lifting of the regal head , reminded her painfully of him whose overbearing insolence had so unwontedly stirred the ire of Aaron Hunt's genial and generally equable nature . While she pondered this inexplicable coincidence , voices ...
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