Word: facings
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...form divine, her face how fair...
...launched the pitcher into his face. It was summary treatment, I know, but I think it did him good, for he did not speak till we had each taken an arm and hauled him into the main room. He was a mild-looking youth, in a frock-coat and white...
...never saw such a change as came over her face. First she seemed too much surprised to speak; then she knit her forehead and clinched her little hands...
They had said there were to be only a few friends, and I naturally hoped that they would be mutual friends; but no, as my hostess turned around and said, "I suppose you know most of them here," I was obliged to confess that I did not know a face. They were not even the kind of people one sees at parties. Every girl looked as if she studied too hard, and had come there as a part of her other work...
...sign was put up by my orders, and was regarded as a matter of necessity and expediency. It was of course a bold thing to do in the face of a frowning press, but they obliged us to do it to save ourselves...