Our own story; or, The history of Magdelene and Basil St. Pierre, Том 1;Том 1811856 |
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... Miss La Mort would now be decidedly styled Mademoiselle ; she was about forty , and unlike all our stereotype ideas of a Frenchwoman ; indeed she was not like the stereotype idea of woman in general ; not like the poetic one cer- tainly ...
... Miss La Mort would now be decidedly styled Mademoiselle ; she was about forty , and unlike all our stereotype ideas of a Frenchwoman ; indeed she was not like the stereotype idea of woman in general ; not like the poetic one cer- tainly ...
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Selina Bunbury. prepared to make visible . She was Miss La Mort ; but she was not at all like what goes under the poetic appellation of woman . How her clothes were got on and off was , and is , an impenetrable mystery . I imagine the ...
Selina Bunbury. prepared to make visible . She was Miss La Mort ; but she was not at all like what goes under the poetic appellation of woman . How her clothes were got on and off was , and is , an impenetrable mystery . I imagine the ...
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... Miss La Mort was seen , but never heard , entering the immense school - room . How she opened the door , or how she closed it , no one could ever exactly tell . body was disarranged by any act . if , like the heroine of a fairy tale ...
... Miss La Mort was seen , but never heard , entering the immense school - room . How she opened the door , or how she closed it , no one could ever exactly tell . body was disarranged by any act . if , like the heroine of a fairy tale ...
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... Miss La Mort disappeared . I have not the slightest notion of what Miss La Mort's system was , or if she had any . The age of systems was only then beginning , and perhaps she thought herself too well established to notice the novelties ...
... Miss La Mort disappeared . I have not the slightest notion of what Miss La Mort's system was , or if she had any . The age of systems was only then beginning , and perhaps she thought herself too well established to notice the novelties ...
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... Miss St. Pierre , and only once startled to my little heart's core by hearing myself called by that singular voice , Miss Magdalene St. Pierre . My twin brother and I had often discussed together the amount of shame that was to be ...
... Miss St. Pierre , and only once startled to my little heart's core by hearing myself called by that singular voice , Miss Magdalene St. Pierre . My twin brother and I had often discussed together the amount of shame that was to be ...
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