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Middlemarch

By: George Eliot

...a low stool, unable to occupy herself except in meditation, said, with the musical intonation which in moments of deep but quiet feeling made her spee... ...ke’s nieces had resided with him, so that the talking was done in duos and trios more or less inharmonious. There was the newly elected mayor of Middl... ... that young lady for mental acquisition and propriety of speech, while her musical execution was quite exceptional. We cannot help the way in which pe... ...noted Kapellmeister in a country which offers more plentiful conditions of musical celebrity. Rosamond, with the executant’s instinct, had seized his ... ...t my grandfather was a patriot—a bright fellow— could speak many languages—musical—got his bread by teaching all sorts of things. They both died rathe... ...y 294 Book IV — Three Love Problems. mother told me; but he inherited the musical talents. I remember his slow walk and his long thin hands; and one ...

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