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... and would frequently be found reading it when people called on business ; on such occasions he would lay his green spectacles in the book , to mark the place , while he turned round to drive some usurious bargain .
... and would frequently be found reading it when people called on business ; on such occasions he would lay his green spectacles in the book , to mark the place , while he turned round to drive some usurious bargain .
Page 950
He turned his eyes full upon the withered face that was puckering itself into a smile , but seemed to behold it not . ... exclaimed Giovanni , turning quickly about , as if an inanimate thing should start into feverish life .
He turned his eyes full upon the withered face that was puckering itself into a smile , but seemed to behold it not . ... exclaimed Giovanni , turning quickly about , as if an inanimate thing should start into feverish life .
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took in those ten figures , with scores less conspicuous , rested but an instant upon them , as , impatient of the hubbub of voices , the visitor turned in quest of whom- soever it might be that commanded the ship .
took in those ten figures , with scores less conspicuous , rested but an instant upon them , as , impatient of the hubbub of voices , the visitor turned in quest of whom- soever it might be that commanded the ship .
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| Title | American Literature: From the beginning to 1860.-v. 2. From 1860 to the present Volume 1 of American Literature: An Anthology and Critical Survey, John Towner Frederick |
| Author | John Towner Frederick |
| Editors | Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott |
| Compiled by | Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott |
| Publisher | C. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
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