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her ear Lucien loves you
Just as Madame d’Espard was about to address her cousin, the mysterious mask came between her and the Duke to whisper in her ear: “Lucien loves you; he wrote the note.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

he echoed Lor love you
'Hear?' he echoed, 'Lor' love you, they don't tell me them tales.
— from Voices in the Night by Flora Annie Webster Steel

head eunuch Li Lien Ying
All of a sudden all the eunuchs became quiet and stopped talking, for one of them saw the head eunuch, Li Lien Ying, followed by all his attendants coming towards them.
— from Two Years in the Forbidden City by Princess Der Ling

head eunuch Li Lien Ying
He went on to tell me that many years previously the head eunuch, Li Lien Ying, while walking in the courtyard back of Her Majesty's Palace, saw a young servant girl sitting on the edge of the well.
— from Two Years in the Forbidden City by Princess Der Ling

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