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Five Acts by Edmond Rostand Translated

A Play in Five Acts by Edmond Rostand Translated from the French by Gladys Thomas and Mary F. Guillemard Dramatis personae
— from Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

for Angus but Ethal refuses to

They send a message to him, however, asking for the hand of Caer for Angus, but Ethal refuses to give her up.
— from Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston

from a bell echoing round the

Three deep strokes from a bell, echoing round the Cathedral, announced that the High Mass had arrived at its most solemn moment, the mountain of stone seemed to tremble with the vibration, which was transmitted through the naves and galleries, to the arcades and down to the lowest foundations.
— from The Shadow of the Cathedral by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

faces and bewitching eyes rejoiced the

The left wing of our extended picket line was under command of Major Babcock, who, with the line officers of his part of the picket, established head-quarters at the house of a miller, whose comfortable rooms and well filled larder afforded substantial inducements to our friends; but the great attractions at the miller's house were doubtless the three charming daughters, whose merry faces and bewitching eyes rejoiced the hearts of our gay major and his associates.
— from Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 by George T. (George Thomas) Stevens

feet and began excitedly repeating the

And, nettled by this disrespect of his new friend, he sprang to his feet, and began excitedly repeating the verses.
— from The Quest The authorized translation from the Dutch of De kleine Johannes by Frederik van Eeden

face all but expressionless received these

[Pg 111] Tom, stolid and with face all but expressionless, received these tributes with the faintest suggestion of a smile.
— from Tom Slade on Mystery Trail by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

faces are busily engaged repelling the

Some of the angels with beautiful faces are busily engaged repelling the spirits of the world, the flesh, and the devil, who strive to tempt the neophyte, a naked youth who is being baptized by two angels in
— from Pictures in Umbria by Katharine S. (Katharine Sarah) Macquoid

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