Word: antickes
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...small side-room of the great building was a great oriel window, with a deep seat from which one looked out upon treetops, lawns and towers. Many of those who waited, to solace themselves took down some volume of an antick poet or tragedian, and reposed themselves on the window-seat or upon the luxurious cushioned benches. Some were seen to become immediately absorbed in the skillfully told fable before them, others to gaze abstractedly out of doors at the dark and mysterious evergreens. Still others occupied themselves in scrutinizing the many beautiful female passengers, who continually entered and went...
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