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...tockings, that’s right. Some beautiful lacy ones, instead of the practical worsted I had planned? I imagined Erik’s gloved hands rolling them down ... ...valise, finding a serviceable black serge skirt and blue blouse. The plain worsted stockings I had just purchased came out next, along with my every...

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...f the fort and Helen recognising Gavin and his servant, almost tripped over her long, dark grey, worsted skirt racing down the much trodden, centuri...

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...t of Sin, the famous Antiochus. This wicked and insensate king, having returned worsted from his expedition against Egypt, thought to console himself...

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...led up in a corner of the great arm-chair, half talking to herself and half asleep, the kitten had been having a grand game of romps with the ball of worsted Alice had been trying to wind up, and had been rolling it up and down till it had all come undone again; and there it was, spread over the hearth-rug, all knots and tangles, with the kitten running after its own tail ...

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...half asleep, the kitten had been having a grand game of romps with the ball of worsted Alice had been trying to wind up, and had been rolling it up an... ...ge — and then she scrambled back into the arm chair, taking the kitten and the worsted with her, and began winding up the ball again. But she didn’t g... ...l go and see the bonfire to morrow.’ Here Alice wound two or three turns of the worsted round the kitten’s neck, just to see how it would look: this le... ...now she wasn’t thirsty too? Now for number three: you unwound every bit of the worsted while I wasn’t looking! ‘That’s three faults, Kitty, and you’ve... ...er the wind blows — oh, that’s very pretty!’ cried Alice, dropping the ball of worsted to clap her hands. ‘And I do so wish it was true! I’m sure the ...

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...l, advantage Fordo, destroy; fordid Forecast, preconcerted plot For-fared, worsted Forfend, forbid Forfoughten, weary with fighting Forhewn, hewn to p...

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...l, advantage Fordo, destroy; ferdid Forecast, preconcerted plot For-fared, worsted Forfend, forbid Forfoughten, weary with fighting Forhewn, hewn to p...

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...lf asleep, the kitten had been having a grand game of romps with the ball of worsted Alice had been trying to wind up, and had been rolling it up and ... ...ge—and then she scrambled back into the arm chair, taking the kitten and the worsted with her, and began winding up the ball again. But she didn’t get... ...o and see the bonfire to morrow.’ Here Alice wound two or three turns of the worsted round the kitten’s neck, just to see how it would look: this led ... ...w she wasn’t thirsty too? Now for number three: you unwound every bit of the worsted while I wasn’t look ing! ‘That’s three faults, Kitty, and you’... ... the wind blows—oh, that’s very pretty!’ cried Alice, drop ping the ball of worsted to clap her hands. ‘ And I do so wish it was true! I’m sure the ...

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...I kin remember when her two feet was no bigger dan yer t’umb, and she weared worsted boots,” moaned she. “Well, whata dat?” said the man. “I kin remem... ...moaned she. “Well, whata dat?” said the man. “I kin remember when she weared worsted boots,” she cried. The neighbors began to gather in the hall, sta... ...t sounded like a dirge on some forlorn pipe. “I kin remember when she weared worsted boots an’ her two feets was no bigger dan yer t’umb an’ she weare...

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...nsisted of two shirts and a half; two stocks for the neck; a pair or two of worsted stockings; an old pair of corduroy small clothes; a rusty razor; ...

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...the impressions and the harvest. Of course, as regards Mrs. Wimbush, I was worsted in my encounters, for wasn’t the state of his health the very reaso...

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...urtains of red silk were as much faded as the furniture, in red and yellow worsted work, [as] if this room “contrived a double debt to pay.” On the ma...

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...shed tin (it may have been that or oilskin), hand- somely laced with black worsted, and ornamented with a shin- ing gold cord. A little squat boat, ro... ...queer they looked in skull-caps, shabby jackets with profuse embroidery of worsted, and endless petticoats of dirty calico!) began, in a generous ardo... ...g myself on a high Turkish saddle, with a pair of fire-shovel stirrups and worsted reins, red padded saddle-cloth, and innumerable tags, fringes, glas... ...s there on the plains before Jaffa, in the which diachylon, being a little worsted, challenged his adversary to a race, and fled away on his grey, the... ...y, the American following on his bay. Here poor sticking-plaster was again worsted, the Y ankee contemp- tuously riding round him, and then declining ...

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...y some lodger within. Here long poles are hung with immense skeins of dyed worsted put out to dry; there, on ropes, dance clean-washed shirts; higher ... ...tray- ing either sordid avarice, or the most unheeding poverty. His coarse worsted stockings were twisted anyhow in his ill-shaped shoes. His linen ha...

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...en they desist, and the patient, provided for his better security with thick worsted stockings and list slippers, is borne down stairs to dinner. Now,...

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...a little battle between the young lady and the old one, and the latter was worsted. “Heaven bless you, my child,” said she, embracing Amelia, and scow... ...s, he had taken his gaiters off, and showed his little dumpy legs in black worsted stockings. The sideboard was covered with glisten- ing old plate—ol... ...ng with horrid oaths, drove them away. Lady Crawley is always knitting the worsted. Sir Pitt is al- ways tipsy, every night; and, I believe, sits with... ...preference, in draggled sea-green, or slatternly sky-blue. She worked that worsted day and night, or other pieces like it. She had counterpanes in the... ...ending her little testimonies of affection, your little girls work endless worsted baskets, cushions, and footstools for her. What a good fire there i...

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...hanterie was an ancient table with spindle legs, on which lay her balls of worsted in a wicker basket. A hydrostatic lamp lighted the scene. The four ... ... clock. The furniture consisted of six chairs with oval backs covered with worsted- work, done probably by Madame de la Chanterie’s own hand, two buff... ...gown. His feet were at a level with the fire, resting on a cushion done in worsted-work, as were his slippers, by Madame de la Chanterie. The fine hea...

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...ade it gloomy enough, and around it some old-fashioned chairs covered with worsted work and 35 Balzac stiff armchairs were symmetrically arranged. Th...

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...barometer. Before the chair of each abbe was a little cushion covered with worsted work, the colors of which were faded. The salon in which she receiv...

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...ate, which cannot be done without repose. I settle myself, and I receive a worsted ball in my face, and I am expected to return it. I comply; and then...