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...d desired husbands; but Hayes was, for a wonder, quite proof against their attractions; and, though quite ready to acknowledge the absurdity of his lo... ...n, dropped it at the second, and as the pair galloped off, sat down on the roadside and fairly began to weep. “March, you dog!” shouted out the Corpor... ...s a boiled lobster, and as unwieldy as a porpoise; and although her mental attractions did by no means make up for her personal deficiencies,—for she ...

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...break from their innate states of emptiness; and the connections sought from attractions that would be forsaken if the experiences seemed shallow and ... ...re she had attended a symphony with her man when she missed an entrance to a roadside park. Needing even more to stretch, she veered off the intersta...

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...elancholy voice, indi- cating as he spoke a cluster of walnut trees by the roadside, 51 Balzac “that I, a prisoner, saw you for the first time.” “Yes... ...oul; and for her love was no simple attraction; it drew her with all noble attractions. In a moment Charles became a young man again, enthralled by th...

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...ul- der, dressed in a Highland plaid; and, to complete the sum of splendid attractions wherewith he presented himself to the public, there was a compa... ...d itself not understood, but only a warmth in it—which befalls them on the roadside of life. They remember these things, because they are the little e...

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...he lamps were lighted, and a great to-do occasioned by the taking up, at a roadside inn, of a very fastidious lady with an infinite variety of cloaks ... ...ar, and will avail themselves of all opportunities of displaying their own attractions to the best advantage, down to the very end of time, as they ha... ...Dotheboys Hall, inasmuch as, in con- sequence of the limited extent of its attractions, there was but little inducement, beyond the powerful impulse o... ...ce, he stumbled upon an empty barn within a couple of hundred yards of the roadside; in a warm corner of which, he stretched his weary limbs, and soon... ...ight had already closed in, when they turned off the path to the door of a roadside inn, yet twelve miles short of Portsmouth. ‘T welve miles,’ said N... ... unnoticed; not, however, be- cause any flow of conversation prevented the attractions of the journals from being called into request, for not a word ... ...and less of disguise, Mrs Wititterly began to grow jealous of the superior attractions of Miss Nickleby. If this feeling had led to her banishment fro...

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...ppearance of the houses, or a glance at their inhabitants, present but few attractions, a closer 73 Charles Dickens acquaintance with either is littl... ...e servant; not ill-pleased to have such an opportu- nity of displaying her attractions. She brings him back, and, after casting two or three gracious ... ..., or in the park, as soon as possible. Pedestrians linger in groups at the roadside, unable to resist the allurements of the stout proprietress of the... ... necessaries of life. The house was a white one, a little removed from the roadside, with close palings in front. The bedroom windows were always left... ...nts, the wind howled among the 463 Charles Dickens trees that skirted the roadside, and I was obliged to proceed at a foot-pace, for I could hardly s... ... rain poured in torrents, the wind howled among the trees that skirted the roadside, and I was obliged to proceed at a foot-pace, for I could hardly s... ...and looking mournfully about him as if in dismal recol- lection of the old roadside public-house the blazing fire— the glass of foaming ale—the buxom ...

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...he lamps were lighted, and a great to-do occasioned by the taking up, at a roadside inn, of a very fastidious lady with an infinite variety of cloaks ... ...ar, and will avail themselves of all opportunities of displaying their own attractions to the best advantage, down to the very end of time, as they ha... ...Dotheboys Hall, inasmuch as, in con- sequence of the limited extent of its attractions, there was but little inducement, beyond the powerful impulse o... ...ce, he stumbled upon an empty barn within a couple of hundred yards of the roadside; in a warm corner of which, he stretched his weary limbs, and soon... ...ight had already closed in, when they turned off the path to the door of a roadside inn, yet twelve miles short of Portsmouth. ‘T welve miles,’ said N... ... unnoticed; not, however, be- cause any flow of conversation prevented the attractions of the journals from being called into request, for not a word ... ...and less of disguise, Mrs Wititterly began to grow jealous of the superior attractions of Miss Nickleby. If this feeling had led to her banishment fro... ...from the jaunty style in which it was worn; and, eked out as its lingering attractions were; by a prudent disposal, here and there, of certain juvenil...

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...ppearance of the houses, or a glance at their inhabitants, present but few attractions, a closer 73 Charles Dickens acquaintance with either is littl... ...e servant; not ill-pleased to have such an opportu- nity of displaying her attractions. She brings him back, and, after casting two or three gracious ... ..., or in the park, as soon as possible. Pedestrians linger in groups at the roadside, unable to resist the allurements of the stout proprietress of the...

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...nds, nor they of me.” In this case the books will not only possess all the attractions of their own friend ships and charms, but also the manifold—I ... ... stopped for ever, and the spent and worn out wagoner lies lifeless by the roadside. “Ladies and Gentlemen, I most particularly wish to im press on y...

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...on the road, stare in amaze ment at the recluse who is not going ‘t’races.’ Roadside innkeeper has gone ‘t’races.’ Turnpike man has gone ‘t’races.’ H... ...he postilions, the waiters, and the hawkers of Lists. He does not assist the attractions of the races, like the actors at the theatre, the riders at t...

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... it, and heads of trees, whose round intervolving roots grasped the yellow roadside soil; the mists shook like a curtain, and partly opened and displa... ...elled by all the elves and gnomes of inmost solitude, must have marvellous attractions, she feared. She thought of him so much, that her humble spirit... ...hole sex. They sat at the dinner-table alone, thanks to a handsome wench’s attractions for a philosopher. Married, and parents of a lusty son, this wa...

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...d that Sir George was coming, and—’ ‘Oh, I know that Chaldicotes has great attractions which we cannot offer, ’ said Lady Lufton. ‘Indeed, it was not ... ...—by anything that Miss Robarts might do or say. ’ As those words ‘personal attractions’ were uttered, Griselda managed so to turn her neck to catch a ... ...from men of fashion, and from men of power; from men endowed with personal attractions, with pleasant man- ners, with cultivated tastes, and with eloq... .... There were thrushes singing, and here and there an oak-tree stood in the roadside, perfect in its solitary beauty. ‘Let us walk on a little, ’ said ...

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...ed, it was pretty to see how her imagination adorned her sister Celia with attractions altogether superior to her own, and if any gentleman appeared t... ... her cheery manners to husband and children, was certainly among the great attractions of the Vincy house—attractions which made it all the easier to ... ...eductive green plot—all of it at least which had not been dispersed by the roadside—and Fred found himself close upon the term of payment with no mone... ...s which might interfere with her prospects. “Especially when she has great attractions, and her parents see much com pany,” said Mrs. Bulstrode “Gent... ...tle may have a heavy load, but it won’t help ’em to throw it over into the roadside pit, when it’s partly their own fodder.” “We war on’y for a bit o’... ...rustrated imagination to shape an employment for himself which had several attractions. I am not sure that certain fibres in Mr. Garth’s mind had not r... ...hat this uncommonly pretty woman—this young lady with the highest personal attractions—was likely to feel the pinch of trouble— to find herself involve...

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...ed, it was pretty to see how her imagination adorned her sister Celia with attractions altogether superior to her own, and if any gentleman appeared t... ... her cheery manners to husband and children, was certainly among the great attractions of the Vincy house—attractions which made it all the easier to ... ...eductive green plot—all of it at least which had not been dispersed by the roadside—and Fred found himself close upon the term of payment with no mone... ...s which might interfere with her prospects. “Especially when she has great attractions, and her parents see much company,” said Mrs. Bulstrode “Gentle... ...tle may have a heavy load, but it won’t help ‘em to throw it over into the roadside pit, when it’s partly their own fodder.” “We war on’y for a bit o’... ...y pretty woman— 594 Middlemarch this young lady with the highest personal attractions—was likely to feel the pinch of trouble—to find herself involve...