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Gaston stared complacently at her while he pulled at his fair moustache, and thought how horribly plain-looking she was, and what a contrast to his charming Bebe. 'I'll take something cool to drink, he said, with a yawn, 'and also a chair, if you have no objection, suiting the action to the word; 'whew! how warm it is.
The basilica Maria Maggiore, in which is deposited the "holy gate," has the highest belfry in Rome, and above its portico we see a beautiful chamber where the new Pope stands to dispense the first blessing among the people. In the chapel of the Crucifix five pieces of the wood of the Saviour's manger are preserved in a silver urn. St. Lorenzo, a mile from the town, is a very plain-looking edifice.
On one side all the windows are continually shuttered, so as to prevent the mischievous action of stones, and in front the door is railed in closely so as to frustrate the efforts of those who might be inclined to kick it. The chapel, which is also used for Sunday school purposes, was built in 1856. It is a very humble, plain-looking edifice externally; and internally it is equally unassuming.
Being unable to decide, she resumed her work with a stifled chuckle, and consoled herself with a proverb. 'To be good is better than to be beautiful, which saying, as everyone knows, is most consoling to plain-looking people.
But on second thoughts I shall not record what he said or what she said either. Some things should be left to the imagination. Why Mr. Cropper Changed His Mind "Well, Miss Maxwell, how did you get along today?" asked Mr. Baxter affably, when the new teacher came to the table. She was a slight, dark girl, rather plain-looking, but with a smart, energetic way. Mr.
Edith instantly left the portrait of the dog in her mother's possession, and, without waiting for an opinion as to its merits, ran to her father, jumped on his knee, threw her arms round his neck, and kissed him. Edith was by no means a beautiful child, but miserable indeed must have been the taste of him who would have pronounced her plain-looking.
The former gathered on the forward promenade, enjoying what little of the landscape the growing night left visible, and the latter made society after their manner in the saloon. They were plain-looking men and women, mostly, and provincial, it was evident, to their inmost hearts; provincial in origin, provincial by inheritance, by all their circumstances, social and political.
"It is indeed a pretty piece of work," said a plain-looking lady in a handsome bonnet. "When I go travelling again," said an elderly looking gent with an eye-glass to his face, "I will take the phaeton and old Dobbin." Every one seemed to lay the blame on the committee, and not, too, without some just grounds. However, Mr.
Vanderburgh, related to an earl, surveyed her haughtily, and pressed on. "Excuse me," said the plain-looking woman, "but it is impossible for me to move; the people are coming out this way, Madam, and " "And I must get by," answered Mrs. Vanderburgh, interrupting, and wriggling past as well as she could.
It was a vain hope, however, for I saw several ladies, some old and ugly, some passable, but not one pretty. Cards were produced, and I soon found myself at a table with a young lady of fair complexion and a plain-looking woman well advanced in years, who seemed, however, not to be destitute of wit. Though I was looed I played on, and I lost five or six hundred fish without opening my lips.
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