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delicate English lady put her arm
You may be very sure that Giulia's store of coins in the pipkin was increased, and that the delicate English lady put her arm round the Italian one's neck and kissed her, saying the pretty word by which Dorothy had won her heart— "Grazia, grazia."
— from A Flight with the Swallows; Or, Little Dorothy's Dream by Emma Marshall

decoration everything loud pleased her and
Amparito had bad taste in decoration; everything loud pleased her, and sometimes when Cæsar laughed, she would say: “I know I am a crazy country girl.
— from Cæsar or Nothing by Pío Baroja

dazed eyes looking past her as
" He was silent for a long time, his dazed eyes looking past her as if sightless.
— from The Sherrods by George Barr McCutcheon

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